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Definition of mystagogue in English: mystagoguenoun 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.
Origin Mid 16th century: from French, or via Latin from Greek mustagōgos, from mustēs 'initiated person' + agōgos 'leading'. Definition of mystagogue in US English: mystagoguenounˈmistəˌɡäɡˈmɪstəˌɡɑɡ 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’. |