The word first appeared in Liber Medicinalis by Quintus Serenus Sammonicus, as a healing amulet. Sammonicus was a physician to Emperor Caracalla in the third century.
Some people think it is a Hebrew phrase A'bra (I create) ca (what) dab'ra (I speak) but the etymology is obscure.
As a magic word, it's one of the best known. It's appeared in books, movies and even TV shows (Harry Dresden has a poster of it on the wall in the Dresden Files TV show).
You can even find it on Etsy.
It could be used as a codeword in a urban fantasy game or as a cipher in a spy game. As to what the cipher means, well, you'd have to work that one out yourself.
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