telesticadj.

Brit.

/tᵻˈlɛstɪk/, U.S.

/təˈlɛstɪk/

Forms: 1600s–1700s telestick, 1700s– telestic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek τελεστικός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek τελεστικός connected with mystic rites < τελεστής official, in Hellenistic Greek also initiator, priest ( < τελεῖν to finish, complete (see telesm n.) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin telesticus (a1540).

Of or relating to religious mysteries; mystical.

ΘΚΠ

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

mistya1382

mysterial?a1425

mystic1577

mystical1577

mysterious1624

telestic1662

1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. i. 51 The Telestick Science was conceived to procure a conversation with Dæmons by certain Rites and Ceremonies.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 792 These Philosophers..recommended very much a Mystical or Telestick way of Purifying, this Etherial Body in us, by Dyet and Catharms.

1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers Introd. p. xviii The Chief of these Telestick Rites was Sacrifice.

1788 T. Taylor Life Proclus in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 19 By the highest and most mystical step, he ascended to the greatest and most consummate or telestic virtues.

1804 T. Taylor tr. Proclus in tr. Plato Wks. I. 651 As the telestic art, through certain symbols, and arcane signatures, assimilates statues of the gods, and makes them adapted to the reception of divine illuminations.

1896 Lucifer 15 Apr. 101 These purgations..pertained to the telestic art and theurgy.

1916 The Word Sept. 336 They [sc. the three stages in the evolution of the spiritual consciousness] appear during the progress of the telestic work with every individual.

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 749/3 Can a question on the mechanics of contract in Locke and Hobbes really belong to a paper which includes questions on telestic madness?

2013 R. Gagné Ancestral Fault in Anc. Greece 460 The concerns of telestic literature with origins, purity, and salvation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	telestic
释义	telesticadj. Brit. /tᵻˈlɛstɪk/, U.S. /təˈlɛstɪk/ Forms: 1600s–1700s telestick, 1700s– telestic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek τελεστικός. Etymology: < ancient Greek τελεστικός connected with mystic rites < τελεστής official, in Hellenistic Greek also initiator, priest ( < τελεῖν to finish, complete (see telesm n.) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin telesticus (a1540). Of or relating to religious mysteries; mystical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [adjective] mistya1382 mysterial?a1425 mystic1577 mystical1577 mysterious1624 telestic1662 1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. i. 51 The Telestick Science was conceived to procure a conversation with Dæmons by certain Rites and Ceremonies. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 792 These Philosophers..recommended very much a Mystical or Telestick way of Purifying, this Etherial Body in us, by Dyet and Catharms. 1702 Lives Anc. Philosophers Introd. p. xviii The Chief of these Telestick Rites was Sacrifice. 1788 T. Taylor Life Proclus in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 19 By the highest and most mystical step, he ascended to the greatest and most consummate or telestic virtues. 1804 T. Taylor tr. Proclus in tr. Plato Wks. I. 651 As the telestic art, through certain symbols, and arcane signatures, assimilates statues of the gods, and makes them adapted to the reception of divine illuminations. 1896 Lucifer 15 Apr. 101 These purgations..pertained to the telestic art and theurgy. 1916 The Word Sept. 336 They [sc. the three stages in the evolution of the spiritual consciousness] appear during the progress of the telestic work with every individual. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 749/3 Can a question on the mechanics of contract in Locke and Hobbes really belong to a paper which includes questions on telestic madness? 2013 R. Gagné Ancestral Fault in Anc. Greece 460 The concerns of telestic literature with origins, purity, and salvation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1662
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