tarot(n = noun.artifact) tarot card - any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers;
is a kind of card
1. A game of cards; -- called also
2. any of a set of 22 playing cards which bear allegorical images representing various objects or influences affecting human life, and widely used in fortunetelling; they are also used as trumps in the game of taroc. Various images are used by different artists to represent the themes of each card. [PJC]
tarot, n.
1 (in sing. or pl.) a any of several games played with a pack of cards having five suits, the last of which is a set of permanent trumps. b a similar pack used in fortune-telling.
2 a any of the trump cards. b any of the cards from a fortune-telling pack.
Etymology:
F tarot, It. tarocchi, of unkn. orig.