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单词 mystagogue
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Definition of mystagogue in English:

mystagogue

noun ˈmɪstəɡɒɡˈmɪstəˌɡɑɡ
  • A teacher or propounder of mystical doctrines.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And, as I have argued elsewhere, Mallarme does not hesitate to appropriate for himself the status of the mystagogue / joker that many of his contemporaries perceive him to be.
    • John the Evangelist thus becomes the perfect type of the mystic, and also the perfect mystagogue, teacher of the mystical path.
    • He imagines the church as a community of ‘mystagogues,’ attuned, disciplined, perceptive and nimble.
    • If anyone can detect a connection between such sophomoric shock effects and justify six further irrelevant minor characters, he's a better man than this critic, and a more accomplished mystagogue than this author.

Derivatives

  • mystagogy

  • noun ˈmɪstəɡɒdʒiˈmɪstəˌɡɑdʒi
    • But there are problems with Ambrose's mystagogy.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is also here that he is most Catholic, by centering his proposal in sacramental theology and a robust mystagogy.
      • They cannot be rightly understood except by persons who undergo a kind of mystagogy, enabling them to glimpse the transcendent through concepts derived from finite things.
      • It offers an evocative mystagogy that seeks nothing less than to lead the attentive reader deeper into the mystery of God.
      • These characteristics must be recognized as such in an iconic mystagogy.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, or via Latin from Greek mustagōgos, from mustēs 'initiated person' + agōgos 'leading'.

 
 

Definition of mystagogue in US English:

mystagogue

nounˈmistəˌɡäɡˈmɪstəˌɡɑɡ
  • A teacher or propounder of mystical doctrines.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If anyone can detect a connection between such sophomoric shock effects and justify six further irrelevant minor characters, he's a better man than this critic, and a more accomplished mystagogue than this author.
    • And, as I have argued elsewhere, Mallarme does not hesitate to appropriate for himself the status of the mystagogue / joker that many of his contemporaries perceive him to be.
    • He imagines the church as a community of ‘mystagogues,’ attuned, disciplined, perceptive and nimble.
    • John the Evangelist thus becomes the perfect type of the mystic, and also the perfect mystagogue, teacher of the mystical path.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, or via Latin from Greek mustagōgos, from mustēs ‘initiated person’ + agōgos ‘leading’.

 
 
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