Mysticity


[mis-tik] /ˈmɪs tɪk/

adjective
1.
involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
2.
of the nature of or pertaining to mysteries known only to the initiated:
mystic rites.
3.
of occult character, power, or significance:
a mystic formula.
4.
of obscure or mysterious character or significance.
5.
of or relating to mystics or .
noun
6.
a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.
7.
a person initiated into religious mysteries.
/ˈmɪstɪk/
noun
1.
a person who achieves mystical experience or an apprehension of divine mysteries
adjective
2.
another word for mystical
adj.

late 14c., “spiritually allegorical, pertaining to mysteries of faith,” from Old French mistique “mysterious, full of mystery” (14c.), or directly from Latin mysticus “mystical, mystic, of secret rites” (source also of Italian mistico, Spanish mistico), from Greek mystikos “secret, mystic, connected with the mysteries,” from mystes “one who has been initiated” (see mystery (n.1)). Meaning “pertaining to occult practices or ancient religions” first recorded 1610s.
n.

“exponent of mystical theology,” 1670s, from mystic (adj.). In Middle English, the noun meant “symbolic meaning, interpretation” (early 14c.).

place name in Connecticut, U.S., deformed from Algonquian missituk “great tidal river,” from missi “large” + -tuk “tidal river.”

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