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See mister2. mysterial (mis-tē'ri-al), a. [ mysteriarch (mis-tēʼri-ärk), n. [ mysterious (mis-tē'ri-us), a. [Formerly also mister i ous; = F. mystérieux = Sp. misterioso = Pg. mysterioso = It. misterioso, full of mystery, By a silent, unseen, mysterious proce , the fairest flower of the garden springs from a small insignificant seed. Bp. Horne , Works, IV. xxix. 3924 He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. nderstanding mysticism ter, mester, etc., a trade, craft, etc., ult. Preestes been aungeles, as by the dignitee of hir mysterye. Chaucer , Parson's Tale. Gouernour of the my steric and companie of the March ants aduenturers for the discouerie of Regions. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 266. 'Tis in the malice of mankind that he thus advises us [to steal]; not to have us [thieves] thrive in our mystery . Shak ., T. of A., iv. 3. 456. mystic (mis'tik), a. and n. [Formerly also mis tick, my stick; The ceremonial law, with all its mystic rites,... to many, that bestow the reading on it, seems scarce worth it; yet what use the apostles made of it with the Jews! Boyle, Works, II. 278. 2. Hidden from or obscure to human knowledge or comprehension; pertaining to what is obscure or incomprehensible; mysterious; dark; obscure; specifically, expre ing a sense comprehensible only to a higher grade of intelligence or to those especially initiated. And ye five other wandering fires, that move In mystic dance not without song, resound His praise. Milton , P. L., v. 178. 3. Of or pertaining to mystics or mysticism. No mystic dreams of ascetic piety had come to trouble J. Caird. the tranquillity of its humanistic devotion. 4. In the civil law of Louisiana, sealed or closed: as, a mystic testament. - Mystic hexagram. See hexagram, 2.- Mystic recitation, the rec i of those parts of the Greek liturgy which are ordered to be said in a low or inaudible voice, like the secreto of the Western offices: opposed to the ecphoneses (see ecphone sis, 2). = Syn. 2 and 3. Cabalistic, etc. See mysterious. II. n. One who accepts or preaches some form of mysticism; specifically [ cap .], one who holds to the po ibility of direct conscious and unmistakable intercourse with God by a species of ecstasy. See Quietist , Pietist , Gichtelian . mystical (mis'ti-kal), a . [ mystic + -al .] Same as mystic . mysteryl (mis'te-ri), n.; pl. mysteries (-riz). [Formerly also mistery; as concealing a spiritual reality under external and matter, and partly to the fact that no catechumen was instructed in the doctrine of the sacraments (except partially as to baptism) or admitted to be present at their administration except through baptism as an initiation. (b) pl . The consecrated elements in the eucha rist; in the singular, the eucharist. My duty is to exhort you... to consider the dignity of that holy mystery [the Holy Sacrament), and the great peril of the unworthy receiving thereof. Book of Common Prayer , Communion Office, First [Exhortation. (c) Any religious doctrine or body of doctrines that seems above human comprehension. They counte as Fables the holie misteries of Christian Religion. Ascham , The Scholemaster, p. 82. Great is the mystery of godline . 1 Tim. iii. 16. IMG:content-1177.png:[blocks in formation] Mark Hopkins , E ays, p. 10. 4. A form of dramatic composition much in vogue in the middle ages, and still played in some parts of Europe in a modified form, the characters and events of which were drawn from sacred history. Properly speaking, Mysteries deal with Gospel events only, their object being primarily to set forth, by an illustration of the prophetic history of the Old Testament, and more particularly of the fulfilling history of the New, the central mystery of the Redemption of the world, as accom plished by the Nativity, the Pa ion, and the Resurrection. mystery2t (mis'te-ri), n.; pl. mysteries (-riz). mystery-f [Commonly confused with mystery1, to which it has been accom. in spelling; spelling; prop. mistery, A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., I. 23. Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of Book of Common Prayer , Collect for All Saints' Day. The mystical Pythagoras, and the allegorizing Plato. I. D'Israeli , Amen. of Lit., II. 399. 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before. Campbell, Lochiel's Warning. Mystical body of the church. See body. - Mystical fan. flabellum. - Mystical sense of Scripture, a sense to be apprehended only by spiritual experience. Mystical theology, the knowledge of God or of divine things, derived not from observation or from argument, but wholly from spiritual experience, and not discriminated or tested by the reason. mystically (mis'ti-kal-i), adv. In a mystic manner, or by an act implying a secret meaning; in Greek liturgies, in a low or inaudible voice; secretly. See mystic recitation, under mystic. mysticalne (mis'ti-kal-nes), n. The quality of being mystical. Bailey, 1727. ( (mis-ti-sē'tē), n. pl. [NL., irreg. for Mysticete * mystacocete,