Advertisement
Advertisement
mystic
1[ mis-tik ]
adjective
- involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
- of the nature of or pertaining to mysteries known only to the initiated:
mystic rites.
- of occult character, power, or significance:
a mystic formula.
- of obscure or mysterious character or significance.
- of or relating to mystics or mysticism.
noun
- a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.
- a person initiated into religious mysteries.
Mystic
2[ mis-tik ]
noun
- a section of Groton, in SE Connecticut: maritime museum.
mystic
/ ˈmɪstɪk /
noun
- a person who achieves mystical experience or an apprehension of divine mysteries
adjective
- another word for mystical
Discover More
Other Words From
- mys·tic·i·ty [mi-, stis, -i-tee], noun
- mystic·ly adverb
- anti·mystic adjective noun
- non·mystic adjective noun
- semi·mystic adjective
- un·mystic adjective
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of mystic1
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of mystic1
Discover More
Example Sentences
According to Campbell, every hero encounters a wise mystic who helps him embrace his destiny.
At Temple, Coltrane no longer operated as a jazz artist improvising melodies, but more like a mystic on a vision quest.
The other night, quite by chance, I came across some lines in Rumi, the 13th-century poet—a Sufi mystic from Persia.
Then bed down in the seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut, with views of the wharf from your private room at the Steamboat Inn.
And finally, he went up a mountain with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru to the stars, and came down again a convinced mystic.
The remarkable thing was that all the hurrying people she met seemed also each of them to be on a secret and mystic errand.
The moon was coming up, and its mystic shimmer was casting a million lights across the distant, restless water.
But some one, perhaps it was Robert, thought of a bath at that mystic hour and under that mystic moon.
Realm of enchantment, break your mystic spell, Land of the lotus, smiling land farewell!
Her face wore an expression of mystic rapture like that characterizing the features of some Chinese Buddhas.
Advertisement
Discover More
Related Words
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse