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mysticity

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mys⋅tic

[mis-tik]
–adjective
1. involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
2. of the nature of or pertaining to mysteries known only to the initiated: mystic rites.
3. of occult character, power, or significance: a mystic formula.
4. of obscure or mysterious character or significance.
5. of or pertaining to mystics or mysticism.
–noun
6. 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.
7. a person initiated into religious mysteries.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME mystik < L mysticus < Gk mystikós, equiv. to mýst(ēs) an initiate into the mysteries + -ikos -ic; akin to myeîn to initiate, teach


mys⋅tic⋅i⋅ty [mi-stis-i-tee] , noun
mys⋅tic⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

mystic  (adj.)
1382, "spiritually allegorical, pertaining to mysteries of faith," from O.Fr. mistique, from L. mysticus, from Gk. mystikos "secret, mystic," from mystes "one who has been initiated" (see mystery (1)). Meaning "pertaining to occult practices or ancient religions" first recorded 1615. The noun meaning "exponent of mystical theology" is from 1679, from the adjective. Mysticism coined 1736.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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