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单词 mysteriarch
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mysteriarchn.

Brit. /mᵻˈstɪərɪɑːk/, U.S. /məˈstɪriˌɑrk/
Forms: 1600s mysteriarck, 1800s– mysteriarch.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mysteriarches.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin mysteriarches overseer of Christian sacraments (4th cent.) < Byzantine Greek (or earlier) μυστηριάρχης person who presides over the mysteries (in an undated inscription), chief disciple of a heresiarch (6th or 7th cent.) < ancient Greek μυστήριον mystery n.1 + -άρχης -arch comb. form1.
rare.
A person who presides over mysteries.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > initiation into > instructor
mystagoguec1540
mysteriarch1656
myst1693
exegete1736
hierophanta1822
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mysteriarck.
a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) iii. 22 Anon she saw a veil'd mysteriarch come.
1894 Academy 27 Aug. 137/2 It is she who gives our Lady the rapt gaze of a Mysteriarch.
1964 William & Mary Q. 21 191 Henry Cabot Lodge, lineal descendant and laudatory biographer of the Federalist ‘mysteriarch’ George Cabot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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