Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mystical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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