单词 | mystagogy |
释义 | mystagogyn. Initiation into mysteries, or instruction preparatory to this; the practices or teachings of a mystagogue.Occasionally derogatory although now often replaced by mystagoguery n. in such contexts. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > initiation into mystagogy1579 hierophancy1851 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 399 He [sc. Gregory Nazianzen] calleth it [sc. the sacrament]..a holy and heauenly mystagogie. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 88 Amphibologies,..Anagogies,..Mystagogies..and other whatsoeuer spritish Sophistrie. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 303 He was so bold also as to institute an obscene Mystagogy. 1876 R. P. Knight Symbolic Lang. 11 (note) All theology among the Greeks is the outbirth of the Orphic Mystagogy. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1602 Mystagogy..is applied..in the Greek Church, to the sacraments. 1948 E. Bone tr. E. E. Kisch Tales from Seven Ghettos 60 The Venetian rabbinate..partly because of the fear of exposing themselves as being unable to understand its cabbalistic mystagogy, grant his pamphlet..their placet. 1952 Public Opinion Q. 16 29 Mr Lasswell..writes a curious combination of pedantry, vivid journalese, and mystagogy. 1996 G. F. Baumbach (title) Experiencing mystagogy: the sacred pause of Easter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579 |
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