Found 3 hits - Term: mystical, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mystic \mys"tic\, mystical \mys"tical\, 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.
1913 webster
heaven's numerous hierarchy span
the mystic gulf from god to man. --emerson.
1913 webster
god hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.
--hooker.
1913 webster
2. importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret
meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance;
mystic babylon.
1913 webster
thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness
inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body.
--milton.
1913 webster
3. employing mysticism; as, mystical intuition; mystical
explanations; -- contrasted to logical, rational,
analytical.
wordnet 1.5 -- mys"tically, adv. --
mys"ticalness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
mystery misty logical rational analytical mys"tically
mys"ticalness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mystical
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical
religion" syn: mystic
2: relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition";
"mystical theories about the securities market" syn: mystic
3: 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, occult, secret, orphic
see also:
mystic mysterious occult secret orphic
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
73 moby thesaurus words for "mystical":
absolute, abysmal, allegorical, anagogic, arcane,
between the lines, cabalic, cabalistic, cabbalistic, categorical,
clandestine, concealed, covert, cryptic, deep, delitescent, divine,
dormant, enwrapped in mystery, epiphanic, esoteric, furtive,
hibernating, hidden, hole-and-corner, holy, hugger-mugger,
hush-hush, indefinable, ineffable, inexplicable, inextricable,
insoluble, insolvable, latent, lurking, metaphysic, miraculous,
muffled, mysterious, mystic, obfuscated, obscured, occult,
possible, potential, preternatural, private, profound, sacred,
secret, sleeping, sneak, spiritual, stealthy, submerged,
supernatural, supranatural, symbolical, theosophical, theosophist,
ultimate, unaccountable, undefinable, under the surface,
underlying, unexplainable, uninterpretable, unmanifested,
unrevealed, unsolvable, veiled, virtual
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