Dictionary entry

Mystic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Mys″tic (?), 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.