Mystic vs. Mystery
Mysticadjective
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
Mysticadjective
Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
Mysticnoun
Someone who practices mysticism.
Mysticadjective
Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
Mysticadjective
Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon.
Mysticadjective
employing mysticism; as, mystical intuition; mystical explanations; - contrasted to logical, rational, analytical.
Mysticnoun
One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism.
Mysticnoun
someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
Mysticadjective
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding;
Mysticadjective
relating to or resembling mysticism;
Mysticadjective
relating to or characteristic of mysticism;
Mysterynoun
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
Mysterynoun
Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
Mysterynoun
(obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning.
Mysterynoun
A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
Mysterynoun
A sacrament.
Mysterynoun
A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
Mysterynoun
(Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
Mysterynoun
A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.
Mysterynoun
A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.
Mysterynoun
A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; - usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.
Mysterynoun
The consecrated elements in the eucharist.
Mysterynoun
Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.
Mysterynoun
A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.
Mysterynoun
A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.
Mysterynoun
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;
Mysterynoun
a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
