mystic
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.
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.
Origin of mystic
1Other words from mystic
- mys·tic·i·ty [mi-stis-i-tee], /mɪˈstɪs ɪ ti/, noun
- mys·tic·ly, adverb
- an·ti·mys·tic, adjective, noun
- non·mys·tic, adjective, noun
- sem·i·mys·tic, adjective
- un·mys·tic, adjective
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a section of Groton, in SE Connecticut: maritime museum.
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How to use mystic in a sentence
According to Campbell, every hero encounters a wise mystic who helps him embrace his destiny.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt 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.
What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers | Nik Cohn | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The remarkable thing was that all the hurrying people she met seemed also each of them to be on a secret and mystic errand.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettThe moon was coming up, and its mystic shimmer was casting a million lights across the distant, restless water.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinBut some one, perhaps it was Robert, thought of a bath at that mystic hour and under that mystic moon.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinRealm of enchantment, break your mystic spell, Land of the lotus, smiling land farewell!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHer face wore an expression of mystic rapture like that characterizing the features of some Chinese Buddhas.
Dope | Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for mystic
/ (ˈmɪstɪk) /
a person who achieves mystical experience or an apprehension of divine mysteries
another word for mystical
Origin of mystic
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