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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MYS'TIC
MYS'TICAL, a. [L.mysticus.] Obscure; hid; secret.
1. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human comprehension.
God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.
2. Involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as mystic dance; mystic Babylon.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic]
2: relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition"; "mystical theories about the securities market" [syn: mystic, mystical]
3: relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical religion" [syn: mystic, mystical] n
1: someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension [syn: mystic, religious mystic]

Merriam Webster's

geographical name river E Massachusetts flowing SE into Boston harbor

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English mistik, from Latin mysticus of mysteries, from Greek mystikos, from myst?s initiate Date: 14th century 1. mystical 1a 2. of or relating to mysteries or esoteric rites ; occult 3. of or relating to mysticism or mystics 4. a. mysterious b. obscure, enigmatic c. inducing a feeling of awe or wonder d. having magical properties II. noun Date: 1679 1. a follower of a mystical way of life 2. an advocate of a theory of mysticism

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity or identity with or absorption into the Deity or the ultimate reality, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the understanding. --adj. 1 mysterious and awe-inspiring. 2 spiritually allegorical or symbolic. 3 occult, esoteric. 4 of hidden meaning. Derivatives: mysticism n. Etymology: ME f. OF mystique or L mysticus f. Gk mustikos f. mustes initiated person f. muo close the eyes or lips, initiate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mystic Mys"tic, Mystical Mys"tic*al, a. [L. mysticus, Gr. ? belonging to secret rites, from ? one initiated: cf. F. mystique. See 1st Mystery, Misty.] 1. Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious. Heaven's numerous hierarchy span The mystic gulf from God to man. --Emerson. God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. --Hooker. 2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon. Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body. --Milton. -- Mys"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Mys"tic*al*ness, n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mystic Mys"tic, n. One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mystics) 1. A mystic is a person who practises or believes in religious mysticism. ...an Indian mystic known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. N-COUNT 2. Mystic means the same as mystical. ...mystic union with God. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also mystical) 1. Mysterious, hidden, enigmatical, obscure, occult, recondite, inscrutable, abstruse, dark, transcendental. 2. Allegorical, emblematical, cabalistic, symbolical.

Moby Thesaurus

adept, allegorical, anthroposophist, arcane, cabalist, cabalistic, esoteric, imaginary, impenetrable, inscrutable, magian, magical, mahatma, mystagogue, necromantic, numinous, occult, quixotic, recondite, sorcerous, supernaturalist, symbolical, theosophist, transcendentalist, unaccountable, unguessed, unknowable, visionary, witchy, wizardly, yogi, yogin, yogist