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Mystical - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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