mysticn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmɪstɪk/

Forms: Middle English mistike, Middle English mistyk, Middle English myistik, Middle English mystik, Middle English mystike, Middle English mystyk, Middle English mystyke, Middle English–1500s mistik, Middle English–1800s mistic, Middle English– mystic, late Middle English (in a late copy) 1500s mystec (in a derivative), 1500s mistyc (in a derivative), 1500s mystyc (in a derivative), 1600s misticke, 1600s mistique, 1600s mysticke, 1600s mystique, 1600s–1700s mistick, 1600s–1700s mystick; Scottish pre-1700 mistic (in a derivative), pre-1700 mistice, pre-1700 mistik, pre-1700 mistike, pre-1700 mistique, pre-1700 mistyk, pre-1700 mystice, pre-1700 mystick, pre-1700 mystik, pre-1700 mystyk, pre-1700 1700s–1800s mistick, pre-1700 1700s– mystic.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin mysticum, mysticus, Greek μυστικός.

Etymology: As noun in sense A. 1 < post-classical Latin mysticum (early 5th cent. in St Augustine), use as noun of neuter singular of classical Latin mysticus (see below; compare Byzantine Greek μυστικόν (neuter, also μυστική , feminine) mystical doctrine (5th cent.)); in sense A. 3 < Hellenistic Greek μυστικός initiate (recorded in plural, μυστικόι ), use as noun of masculine singular of μυστικός (see below); in sense A. 2 probably < the English adjective (although compare post-classical Latin mysticus priest (4th cent. of both pagan priests and Jewish priests), French mistique person who gives himself or herself up to mysticism (1673)). As adjective < classical Latin mysticus relating to sacred mysteries, mysterious, in post-classical Latin also symbolic, allegorical (4th cent.) < ancient Greek μυστικός relating to sacred mysteries, in Hellenistic Greek also symbolic, allegorical, spiritual, esoteric, mysterious, occult < μύστης mystes n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare the adjectives Middle French mystique (c1380), Italian mistico (a1364), Spanish místico (1515), Catalan místic (1696), Portuguese mystico (17th cent.).As an adjective mystic is now more or less interchangeable with mystical adj. in general use, but often has a more literary character.

A. n.

†1. Mystical meaning; symbolic or allegorical representation. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > mystic meaning

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c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 76 (MED) Þys ylke bok þe mistyk ys Of þese sacrementis.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 30 (MED) For water self nys nauȝt þat blod, Ac hyt hys an-ylyke Ine folke þat torneþ al to cryst Ine þe body of mystyke.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 23 Cryst and hijs membrys, men, O body beþe ine mystyke.

a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. 6 Exodus is opyn with þe tenn plagez, with þe x hestez, with mystyke [L. cum mysticis], & with goddis preceptes.

2. Originally: an exponent or advocate of mystical theology. In later use also: any person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain union with or absorption into God, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths which are beyond the intellect; a person who has or seeks mystical experiences.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > [noun] > person

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1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant 159 That no Lay-men receive the Sacrament By Married Priests, though with devout intent; As if Gods Mysticks from John Baptists Sire, Or Peter savour'd of Profaner Fire.

1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) ii. 146 Taulerus, Thomas a Kempis, and othere Misticks in that Communion.

1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 380 Those mysticks who would discard the passions of hope and fear.

1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. Cent. xv. i. i. §11 The Mystics were defended against their adversaries, the Dialecticians, partly by the Platonics.

1781 W. Cowper Truth 128 An Indian mystic.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. Pref. p. v The way in which mystics reduced themselves to utter inactivity.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 595 He is no mystic or ascetic seeking absorption in the divine nature.

1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism vii. 258 To the true mystic, life itself is a sacrament.

1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. vi. 152 Here we can place the mysterious figure of Manes or Manichaeus, the mystic of inversion.

1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be ii. 36 People who have experienced these moments, as for instance some mystics in their visions of the ‘night of the soul’..have told of the unimaginable horror of it.

1993 Guardian 4 Aug. ii. 8/1 Poor old Glastonbury. It can't help being a magnet for poets and mystics and assorted yabbering crackpots.

†3. = mystes n. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > initiation into mysteries > initiate

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > initiation into > initiate

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1856 C. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 316/1 A mystic—according to the Greek etymology—should signify one who is initiated into mysteries.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 381 This was the meaning of the founders of the mysteries when they said, ‘Many are the wand bearers but few are the mystics [Gk. βάκχοι].’

B. adj.

1. Theology. Having a spiritual character or significance by virtue of a connection or union with God which transcends human understanding; = mystical adj. 1.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > [adjective]

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a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. 162 Iamez, Peture, Ioon, Iude, seuen epystlez maden, as wel mystyke [a1425 L.V. goostly and mystik; L. mysticas] as redy.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 103^v Þat we may by liknesse of bodiliche propirtees þe more esiliche vndirstonde mistik & spiritual menynge in holy writt.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. iii. 3 A prudent man of mystik, ethir goostli [a1382 E.V. priue; L. mystici], speche.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 107 If in dyuynite were no strenger groundis forto holde þerbi þingis to be trewe þan ben mystyk conceitis takun bi holy scripture [etc.].

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ix. 37 To rendre theym from theyr lacyuyte, in-to pudike, mystike, and shamefaste chastyte.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. E.v^v Not in a mistik allegory.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.v^v The haly kirk is callit the mistike bodye and spouse of Christ.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xvii The olde holy places..had..a mistick meaning.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche vii. lxxxi. 102 For genuine Divinity Shall be ingag'd, but in a mystick fashion, In the great Businesse of his Generation.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 48 in Poems Thy right hand does hold The mystick Scepter of a Cross of Gold.

1716 S. W. in Nelson's Pract. True Devot. (1784) p. xvi Taught how to take the mystic Bread and Wine, T'adore the Substance, nor neglect the Sign.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Ode Departing Year (rev. ed.) v, in Sibylline Leaves 54 Till wheeling round the throne the lampads seven, (The mystic Words of Heaven) Permissive signal make.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xlix. 195 The mystic Dove Hovering His gracious brow above.

1849 E. Caswall Lyra Catholica 55 Offerings of mystic meaning!—Incense doth the God disclose [etc.].

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 479/1 In the middle ages the parures, which originally had no mystic intention whatever, were taken to symbolize the wounds of Christ.

1998 Church Times 9 Jan. 10/3 Jan Van Eyck painted the magnificent Ghent altarpiece, which is a panorama of medievalistic sanctity engaged in visionary adoration of Christ as mystic Lamb.

2. Obscure, esoteric, mysterious; = mystical adj. 2.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adjective]

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 78^v Sweuenes þat beþ trewe buþ somtyme opun and playne and somtyme iwrappid in figuratif, mistik, and dim and derke tokenynges and bodinges.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. 473 To say..Quhat sygnyfyid that mystyk word That he swa spak than at the borde.

1558 Ld. Cassillis Let. 15 Dec. in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) I. 13 [We] fand your writtingis sa mystik, that we could nocht onderstand.

a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1849) I. 370 For men will say, O it is ane mystick and secreit thing.

a1631 J. Donne Elegies viii, in Poems (1633) 55 Foole, thou didst not understand The mystique language of the eye nor hand.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche iii. lxxxiii. 32 The Angells Word full in the Priests face flew, And fastned mystick Chains upon his Tongue.

1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. v. 187 The antient Sages and Philosophers were obscure and mystick in their Stile.

1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 125 Let Phœbus dwell Still uninvok'd in Cyrrha's mystick cell.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 67 These mystick Characters were the Original of all the Hyeroglyphick Writing.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. ix. 61 Her mind..rejected the mystic and turbulent promptings of imagination.

1807 tr. Three Germans I. 48 He sighed for the explanation to Holstein's mystic conduct.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vii. 172 Is there no leech here who can tell us the ingredients of this mystic unguent?

1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 130/2 How strange to think that dear, familiar face had passed from mortal sight to the mystic spirit-land!

1957 J. Kerouac On the Road ii. vi. 147 There was a mystic wraith of fog over the brown waters that night.

1997 Source Oct. 16/1 Spending Friday and Saturday nights on someone's stoop, ears glued to the mystic sounds of Red Alert and Mister Magic.

3. Of or relating to mysterious or occult rites or practices; = mystical adj. 4.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [adjective]

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1577 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1839) I. 384 The heid given to the laird of Dun..being thocht be him obscure and mystick.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 79 Drinke three, or three thrice told, A mysticke law of old.

1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 175 When turning ouer his most mistique bookes, Into the secrets of his Art he lookes.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 42 Their filthines was hid, but the mystick reason therof known to their Sages.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 212 I have search'd the Mystick Rolls of Fate [L. fatorum arcana].

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 59 And mutter'd vows, and mystic song apply'd To griesly Pluto, and his gloomy bride.

1785 R. Burns Poems 59 When Masons' mystic word an' grip, In storms an' tempests raise you up.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel v. xxvii. 151 Cared not the Ladye to betray Her mystic arts in view of day.

1875 H. L. Mansel Gnostic Heresies iii. 41 Some of these..prepare a bridal chamber, and perform certain mystic rites of initiation.

1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xxiv. 261 Every beautiful morning the Magic was worked by the mystic circle under the plum-tree.

1996 Spy (N.Y.) Apr. 28/1 Short-fingered acolyte Donald Trump may have been introduced to the mystic secrets of the East by dim New-Agey trophy wife Marla.

†4. Secret, concealed; = mystical adj. 5. Obsolete. rare.

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a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ff^v/2 These are but illusions to give couller To your most misticke leacherie.

5. Relating to or dealing with spiritual or transcendental matters; relating to mystics or mysticism; = mystical adj. 3. See also mystic theology n. at Compounds.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective]

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1629 A. Baker Secretum (1997) 9 All these Mystick writers in Expressement of the Spirituall Course they have run, doe seem to differ wholly..from one another.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 153 These mystic Divines glorie in their Tropologic, Anagogic and Allegoric explication of Scripture.

1683 J. Norris Idea of Happiness 37 Seraphic Love, and this with Contemplation makes up that which the Mystic Divines Stile the Unitive way of Religion.

1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. Cent. xiii. ii. iii. §4 The Mystic doctors carried this visionary method of interpreting scripture to the greatest height.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xvi. 246 Eva..had stood listening to her mother, with that expression of deep and mystic earnestness which was peculiar to her.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. viii. v. 351 The difficult and mystic work which bore the name of Dionysius the Areopagite.

1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXX. 411/2 He..published..two works of mystic scriptural exegesis, ‘An Introduction to the Apocalypse’, and ‘Fo, the Third Messenger of God’.

1931 R. Aldington Colonel's Daughter v. 287 He shared with her the common but essentially mystic passion for gadgets.

1991 J. Davidson Nat. Creation & Formative Mind (BNC) 68 We are an integral part of this cosmic energy dance and can only really understand it all by mystic superconsciousness, from within.

6. That inspires an awed sense of mystery.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective]

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1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 10 An arm Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvi. 111 At midnight,—strange, mystic hour! when the veil between the frail present and the eternal future grows thin.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 380 Such is the mystic voice which is always murmuring in his ears.

1902 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 7/1 Even the less observant..hasten to the Synagogue to-day to listen to the mystic sound of the Ram's Horn trumpets.

1967 R. Dahl Charlie & Chocolate Factory xii. 48 Mystic and marvellous surprises..will entrance, delight, intrigue, astonish and perplex you beyond measure.

1991 J. Bow Jane's Journey (BNC) 103 I read that [sc. the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam] when I was sixteen—and it had, well, an almost mystic effect on me.

Compounds

mystic testament n. [compare French testament mystique (1759)] U.S. Law (in Louisiana) a sealed will or testament.

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1825 Louisiana Civil Code iii. ii. vi. 373 The execution of the mystic testaments cannot be ordered, until they have been..proved by the declaration on oath.

1839 J. Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. II. 435/2 A mystic testament is also called a solemn testament, because it requires more formality than a nuncupative testament.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 574/1 A special form of will, borrowed from Roman law, called the mystic or sealed will.

1960 W. J. Bowe & D. H. Parker Page on Law of Wills (ed. 3) II. xx. 340 As mystical as the name may sound, a mystic testament in Louisiana is nothing more than a form of will the contents of which are kept secret.

mystic theology n. [compare French theologie mistique (1635 in the passage translated in quot. 1639)] = mystical theology n. at mystical adj. Compounds.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > mystical

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1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman ii. 29 Saint Bridget hath written so well of the Mistick Theology, that even the learnedest men admire her doctrine.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Mystic Mystic Theology, is a refin'd and sublime kind of Divinity, profess'd by the Mystics.

1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 697/1 The writings of St. Thomas..are replete with practical norms of mystic theology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mystic
释义	mysticn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɪstɪk/ Forms: Middle English mistike, Middle English mistyk, Middle English myistik, Middle English mystik, Middle English mystike, Middle English mystyk, Middle English mystyke, Middle English–1500s mistik, Middle English–1800s mistic, Middle English– mystic, late Middle English (in a late copy) 1500s mystec (in a derivative), 1500s mistyc (in a derivative), 1500s mystyc (in a derivative), 1600s misticke, 1600s mistique, 1600s mysticke, 1600s mystique, 1600s–1700s mistick, 1600s–1700s mystick; Scottish pre-1700 mistic (in a derivative), pre-1700 mistice, pre-1700 mistik, pre-1700 mistike, pre-1700 mistique, pre-1700 mistyk, pre-1700 mystice, pre-1700 mystick, pre-1700 mystik, pre-1700 mystyk, pre-1700 1700s–1800s mistick, pre-1700 1700s– mystic. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin mysticum, mysticus, Greek μυστικός. Etymology: As noun in sense A. 1 < post-classical Latin mysticum (early 5th cent. in St Augustine), use as noun of neuter singular of classical Latin mysticus (see below; compare Byzantine Greek μυστικόν (neuter, also μυστική , feminine) mystical doctrine (5th cent.)); in sense A. 3 < Hellenistic Greek μυστικός initiate (recorded in plural, μυστικόι ), use as noun of masculine singular of μυστικός (see below); in sense A. 2 probably < the English adjective (although compare post-classical Latin mysticus priest (4th cent. of both pagan priests and Jewish priests), French mistique person who gives himself or herself up to mysticism (1673)). As adjective < classical Latin mysticus relating to sacred mysteries, mysterious, in post-classical Latin also symbolic, allegorical (4th cent.) < ancient Greek μυστικός relating to sacred mysteries, in Hellenistic Greek also symbolic, allegorical, spiritual, esoteric, mysterious, occult < μύστης mystes n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare the adjectives Middle French mystique (c1380), Italian mistico (a1364), Spanish místico (1515), Catalan místic (1696), Portuguese mystico (17th cent.).As an adjective mystic is now more or less interchangeable with mystical adj. in general use, but often has a more literary character. A. n. †1. Mystical meaning; symbolic or allegorical representation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > mystic meaning mysticc1350 mysterya1500 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 76 (MED) Þys ylke bok þe mistyk ys Of þese sacrementis. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 30 (MED) For water self nys nauȝt þat blod, Ac hyt hys an-ylyke Ine folke þat torneþ al to cryst Ine þe body of mystyke. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 23 Cryst and hijs membrys, men, O body beþe ine mystyke. a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. 6 Exodus is opyn with þe tenn plagez, with þe x hestez, with mystyke [L. cum mysticis], & with goddis preceptes. 2. Originally: an exponent or advocate of mystical theology. In later use also: any person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain union with or absorption into God, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths which are beyond the intellect; a person who has or seeks mystical experiences. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > [noun] > person mystic1640 neo-mystic1932 1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant 159 That no Lay-men receive the Sacrament By Married Priests, though with devout intent; As if Gods Mysticks from John Baptists Sire, Or Peter savour'd of Profaner Fire. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) ii. 146 Taulerus, Thomas a Kempis, and othere Misticks in that Communion. 1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 380 Those mysticks who would discard the passions of hope and fear. 1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. Cent. xv. i. i. §11 The Mystics were defended against their adversaries, the Dialecticians, partly by the Platonics. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 128 An Indian mystic. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. Pref. p. v The way in which mystics reduced themselves to utter inactivity. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 595 He is no mystic or ascetic seeking absorption in the divine nature. 1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism vii. 258 To the true mystic, life itself is a sacrament. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. vi. 152 Here we can place the mysterious figure of Manes or Manichaeus, the mystic of inversion. 1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be ii. 36 People who have experienced these moments, as for instance some mystics in their visions of the ‘night of the soul’..have told of the unimaginable horror of it. 1993 Guardian 4 Aug. ii. 8/1 Poor old Glastonbury. It can't help being a magnet for poets and mystics and assorted yabbering crackpots. †3. = mystes n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > initiation into mysteries > initiate mystes1676 mystic1856 navel-contemplator1856 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > initiation into > initiate mystes1676 myst1693 mystic1856 1856 C. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 316/1 A mystic—according to the Greek etymology—should signify one who is initiated into mysteries. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 381 This was the meaning of the founders of the mysteries when they said, ‘Many are the wand bearers but few are the mystics [Gk. βάκχοι].’ B. adj. 1. Theology. Having a spiritual character or significance by virtue of a connection or union with God which transcends human understanding; = mystical adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > [adjective] mistya1382 mystica1382 anagogicc1395 mysterial?a1425 mysticala1513 mysterious1624 gnostic1800 a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. 162 Iamez, Peture, Ioon, Iude, seuen epystlez maden, as wel mystyke [a1425 L.V. goostly and mystik; L. mysticas] as redy. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 103^v Þat we may by liknesse of bodiliche propirtees þe more esiliche vndirstonde mistik & spiritual menynge in holy writt. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. iii. 3 A prudent man of mystik, ethir goostli [a1382 E.V. priue; L. mystici], speche. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 107 If in dyuynite were no strenger groundis forto holde þerbi þingis to be trewe þan ben mystyk conceitis takun bi holy scripture [etc.]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ix. 37 To rendre theym from theyr lacyuyte, in-to pudike, mystike, and shamefaste chastyte. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. E.v^v Not in a mistik allegory. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. .v^v The haly kirk is callit the mistike bodye and spouse of Christ. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall* xvii The olde holy places..had..a mistick meaning. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche vii. lxxxi. 102 For genuine Divinity Shall be ingag'd, but in a mystick fashion, In the great Businesse of his Generation. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 48 in Poems Thy right hand does hold The mystick Scepter of a Cross of Gold. 1716 S. W. in Nelson's Pract. True Devot. (1784) p. xvi Taught how to take the mystic Bread and Wine, T'adore the Substance, nor neglect the Sign. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Ode Departing Year (rev. ed.) v, in Sibylline Leaves 54 Till wheeling round the throne the lampads seven, (The mystic Words of Heaven) Permissive signal make. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xlix. 195 The mystic Dove Hovering His gracious brow above. 1849 E. Caswall Lyra Catholica 55 Offerings of mystic meaning!—Incense doth the God disclose [etc.]. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 479/1 In the middle ages the parures, which originally had no mystic intention whatever, were taken to symbolize the wounds of Christ. 1998 Church Times 9 Jan. 10/3 Jan Van Eyck painted the magnificent Ghent altarpiece, which is a panorama of medievalistic sanctity engaged in visionary adoration of Christ as mystic Lamb. 2. Obscure, esoteric, mysterious; = mystical adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective] higheOE dighela1000 deepc1000 darkOE starkOE dusk?c1225 subtle1340 dimc1350 subtilea1393 covert1393 mystica1398 murka1400 cloudyc1400 hard?c1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 diffuse1430 abstractc1450 diffused?1456 exquisitec1460 obnubilous?a1475 obscure?a1475 covered1484 intricate?a1500 nice?a1500 perplexeda1500 difficilea1513 difficult1530 privy1532 smoky1533 secret1535 abstruse?1549 difficul1552 entangled1561 confounded1572 darksome1574 obnubilate1575 enigmatical1576 confuse1577 mysteriousa1586 Delphic1598 obfuscatea1600 enfumed1601 Delphicala1603 obstruse1604 abstracted1605 confused1611 questionable1611 inevident1614 recondite1619 cryptic1620 obfuscated1620 transcendent1624 Delphian1625 oraculous1625 enigmatic1628 recluse1629 abdite1635 undilucidated1635 clouded1641 benighted1647 oblite1650 researched1653 obnubilated1658 obscurative1664 tenebrose1677 hyperbyssal1691 condite1695 diffusive1709 profound1710 tenebricose1730 oracular1749 opaque1761 unenlightening1768 darkling1795 offuscating1798 unrecognizable1817 tough1820 abstrusive1848 obscurant1878 out-of-focus1891 unplumbable1895 inenubilable1903 non-transparent1939 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adjective] secrec1386 mystica1398 mystical1516 dark1532 arcane1547 occulta1549 shadowish1561 abstruse1576 cryptical1588 shrouded (also involved, wrapped) in mysterya1616 mysterious1622 mysterial1630 cryptica1638 researched1653 rarefied1662 arcanalc1828 sphinx-like1837 sphinxine1845 abstrusive1848 Sphingine1925 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 78^v Sweuenes þat beþ trewe buþ somtyme opun and playne and somtyme iwrappid in figuratif, mistik, and dim and derke tokenynges and bodinges. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. 473 To say..Quhat sygnyfyid that mystyk word That he swa spak than at the borde. 1558 Ld. Cassillis Let. 15 Dec. in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) I. 13 [We] fand your writtingis sa mystik, that we could nocht onderstand. a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1849) I. 370 For men will say, O it is ane mystick and secreit thing. a1631 J. Donne Elegies viii, in Poems (1633) 55 Foole, thou didst not understand The mystique language of the eye nor hand. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche iii. lxxxiii. 32 The Angells Word full in the Priests face flew, And fastned mystick Chains upon his Tongue. 1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. v. 187 The antient Sages and Philosophers were obscure and mystick in their Stile. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 125 Let Phœbus dwell Still uninvok'd in Cyrrha's mystick cell. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 67 These mystick Characters were the Original of all the Hyeroglyphick Writing. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. ix. 61 Her mind..rejected the mystic and turbulent promptings of imagination. 1807 tr. Three Germans I. 48 He sighed for the explanation to Holstein's mystic conduct. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vii. 172 Is there no leech here who can tell us the ingredients of this mystic unguent? 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 130/2 How strange to think that dear, familiar face had passed from mortal sight to the mystic spirit-land! 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road ii. vi. 147 There was a mystic wraith of fog over the brown waters that night. 1997 Source Oct. 16/1 Spending Friday and Saturday nights on someone's stoop, ears glued to the mystic sounds of Red Alert and Mister Magic. 3. Of or relating to mysterious or occult rites or practices; = mystical adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [adjective] mistya1382 mysterial?a1425 mystic1577 mystical1577 mysterious1624 telestic1662 1577 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1839) I. 384 The heid given to the laird of Dun..being thocht be him obscure and mystick. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 79 Drinke three, or three thrice told, A mysticke law of old. 1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 175 When turning ouer his most mistique bookes, Into the secrets of his Art he lookes. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 42 Their filthines was hid, but the mystick reason therof known to their Sages. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 212 I have search'd the Mystick Rolls of Fate [L. fatorum arcana]. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 59 And mutter'd vows, and mystic song apply'd To griesly Pluto, and his gloomy bride. 1785 R. Burns Poems 59 When Masons' mystic word an' grip, In storms an' tempests raise you up. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel v. xxvii. 151 Cared not the Ladye to betray Her mystic arts in view of day. 1875 H. L. Mansel Gnostic Heresies iii. 41 Some of these..prepare a bridal chamber, and perform certain mystic rites of initiation. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xxiv. 261 Every beautiful morning the Magic was worked by the mystic circle under the plum-tree. 1996 Spy (N.Y.) Apr. 28/1 Short-fingered acolyte Donald Trump may have been introduced to the mystic secrets of the East by dim New-Agey trophy wife Marla. †4. Secret, concealed; = mystical adj. 5. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] dernc897 dighela1000 hid?c1225 stillc1275 stillyc1275 covertc1303 secrec1374 secret1399 secretivec1470 covered1484 dark1532 underhid1532 hiddena1547 concealed1558 abstruse1576 unshewing1598 mystical1600 of secreta1616 mystica1625 subterraneous1652 researched1653 hugger-mugger1692 hidlingsa1810 sub rosa1824 cachet1837 cloak and dagger1841 theftuous1881 q.t.1910 closet1966 down-low1991 a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ff^v/2 These are but illusions to give couller To your most misticke leacherie. 5. Relating to or dealing with spiritual or transcendental matters; relating to mystics or mysticism; = mystical adj. 3. See also mystic theology n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] godcundlyeOE godlyOE ghostlyOE spiritualc1384 espiritualc1405 sprituala1450 mystical1542 spiritualized1615 pneumatic1624 mystic1629 spirituousa1631 pneumatical1644 otherworldly1859 metaphysical1876 1629 A. Baker Secretum (1997) 9 All these Mystick writers in Expressement of the Spirituall Course they have run, doe seem to differ wholly..from one another. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 153 These mystic Divines glorie in their Tropologic, Anagogic and Allegoric explication of Scripture. 1683 J. Norris Idea of Happiness 37 Seraphic Love, and this with Contemplation makes up that which the Mystic Divines Stile the Unitive way of Religion. 1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. Cent. xiii. ii. iii. §4 The Mystic doctors carried this visionary method of interpreting scripture to the greatest height. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xvi. 246 Eva..had stood listening to her mother, with that expression of deep and mystic earnestness which was peculiar to her. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. viii. v. 351 The difficult and mystic work which bore the name of Dionysius the Areopagite. 1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXX. 411/2 He..published..two works of mystic scriptural exegesis, ‘An Introduction to the Apocalypse’, and ‘Fo, the Third Messenger of God’. 1931 R. Aldington Colonel's Daughter v. 287 He shared with her the common but essentially mystic passion for gadgets. 1991 J. Davidson Nat. Creation & Formative Mind (BNC) 68 We are an integral part of this cosmic energy dance and can only really understand it all by mystic superconsciousness, from within. 6. That inspires an awed sense of mystery. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective] grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 awfula1400 grisleda1400 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awed1591 tremendous1632 mystic1842 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 10 An arm Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvi. 111 At midnight,—strange, mystic hour! when the veil between the frail present and the eternal future grows thin. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 380 Such is the mystic voice which is always murmuring in his ears. 1902 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 7/1 Even the less observant..hasten to the Synagogue to-day to listen to the mystic sound of the Ram's Horn trumpets. 1967 R. Dahl Charlie & Chocolate Factory xii. 48 Mystic and marvellous surprises..will entrance, delight, intrigue, astonish and perplex you beyond measure. 1991 J. Bow Jane's Journey (BNC) 103 I read that [sc. the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam] when I was sixteen—and it had, well, an almost mystic effect on me. Compounds mystic testament n. [compare French testament mystique (1759)] U.S. Law (in Louisiana) a sealed will or testament. ΚΠ 1825 Louisiana Civil Code iii. ii. vi. 373 The execution of the mystic testaments cannot be ordered, until they have been..proved by the declaration on oath. 1839 J. Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. II. 435/2 A mystic testament is also called a solemn testament, because it requires more formality than a nuncupative testament. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 574/1 A special form of will, borrowed from Roman law, called the mystic or sealed will. 1960 W. J. Bowe & D. H. Parker Page on Law of Wills (ed. 3) II. xx. 340 As mystical as the name may sound, a mystic testament in Louisiana is nothing more than a form of will the contents of which are kept secret. mystic theology n. [compare French theologie mistique (1635 in the passage translated in quot. 1639)] = mystical theology n. at mystical adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > mystical mystical theology1613 mystic theology1639 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman ii. 29 Saint Bridget hath written so well of the Mistick Theology, that even the learnedest men admire her doctrine. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Mystic Mystic Theology, is a refin'd and sublime kind of Divinity, profess'd by the Mystics. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 697/1 The writings of St. Thomas..are replete with practical norms of mystic theology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.c1350
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