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mystical
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Word definitions for mystical in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Relating to mystics or mysticism. 2 Having a spiritual significance that transcends human understanding.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical religion" [syn: mystic ] relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition"; "mystical theories about the securities market" [syn: mystic ] having an import not apparent to the senses nor ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB almost ▪ Pisces, on the other hand, had an almost mystical quality. ▪ Effusive commentators would report that with only the sky above the effect was almost mystical . ▪ Barry and me had an almost mystical rapport ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "enigmatic, obscure, symbolic," from mystic + -al (1). Related: Mystically . Meaning "having spiritual significance" is from 1520s.
Usage examples of mystical.
I took to mean some obscure mystical interpretation he had formulated in his own muddled, ageing brain.
As a profoundly mystical and religious mind, he was repulsed by the agnosticism of the radicals.
But is this secret knowledge, this mystical and alchemical awareness of the Feminine, also buried under the dust of centuries?
Since the anagogical or mystical reading, however, must refer to what is neither past nor future but transcendent of time and eternal, neither in this place nor in that, but everywhere, in all, now and forever, the fourth level of meaning would seem to be that in death -- or in this world of death -- is eternal life.
With all its sweet and mystical significance, surely the prevailing feeling in the hearts of bride and bridegroom is, or should be, that of happiness,--happiness bubbling and dancing, all sunny ripples from heart to heart.
Many Latin etymologists consider that in very early Roman times the pontifex was a maker of bridges, and that the making of bridges was considered a mystical art, thus putting the maker in close touch with the gods.
Partly she laughed because this mystical Gangean philote-as-soul business was such an absurdly large premise to swallow.
The mystical visions themselves, concludes Rabbi Hai Gaon, are all historically true, successors to a long tradition of visionary transformations experienced by biblical saints and prophets in higher states of consciousness.
But instead of studying with the great Gaon of Vilna, the natural choice for a talmudic genius, the young Russian scholar opted for the mystical Maggid of Mezerich.
She said that her genius had revealed to her that I should bring back to Paris a boy born of the Mystical Marriage, and she hoped I would take pity on her.
At the same time there is nothing mystical, supernatural, or merely fantastic about it, though its spirit is humanitary and even socialistic.
The Common People became therefore a mystical sympathetic being, essentially a God, whose altar was the hustings and whose oracle the ballot box.
When the news spread that the Tadpole Angel would be directing the people in the singing indaba, it was immediately assumed the concert had a mystical significance and I had chosen this time to meet all of the people.
The stained marble of the pavement gave a cool reminiscence of the Italian mountain, the blood-red roses palpitating in the sunlight sent out an odour mystical as passion itself, and there was the hint of inebriation in the perfume of the trellised vines.
As it rose, white and mystical, seeming to take up half the sky, the noise around the cousins loudened and then died away.