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mysteries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mystery \Mys"ter*y\, n.; pl. Mysteries. [OE. mistere, OF. mestier, F. m['e]tier, L. ministerium. See Ministry.]
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A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.
Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery.
--Shak.And that which is the noblest mystery Brings to reproach and common infamy.
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A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.
``Mystery plays,'' so called because acted by craftsmen.
--Skeat.
Mystery \Mys"ter*y\ (m[i^]s"t[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. Mysteries (m[i^]s"t[~e]r*[i^]z). [L. mysterium, Gr. mysth`rion, fr. my`sths one initiated in mysteries; cf. myei^n to initiate into the mysteries, fr. my`ein to shut the eyes. Cf. Mute, a.]
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A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.
We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery.
--1 Cor. ii. 7.If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.
--Swift. A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.
pl. The consecrated elements in the eucharist.
Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of mystery English) 2 (''in Greek and Roman religion'') a number of secret societies or cults
Wikipedia
Mysteries may refer to:
- Monsters Inc. in child friendly movies
- Sacred mysteries in ancient esoteric religions
- Mysteries (album), a 1975 jazz album by Keith Jarrett
- Mysteries (novel), an 1892 psychological novel
- The Mysteries, a 1977 English play cycle
- The Mysteries (album), a 2013 album by composer John Zorn
- Mysteries, a series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons
- Mysteries at the Museum, a television program on the Travel Channel.
Mysteries (, 1892) is the second novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun.
Mysteries is the fourth album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1976, it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet', which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.
In October 2011, Shades was reissued with Mysteries in a single disc format titled Mysteries / Shades, as part of the Impulse! 2-on-1 series. Both albums were the product of the same recording sessions.
The album was included in the 1996 four disc Mysteries - Impulse Years 1975-76, a box-set which also featured Jarrett's two final albums for Impulse, Byablue and Bop-Be.
Usage examples of "mysteries".
I was captivated by all the mysteries, anomalies, anachronisms and puzzles, and wanted to learn as much about them as I could.
After those two mysteries were resolved, he could take the time to indulge his idle curiosity.
Plainly there were mysteries to delve into--but just as plainly they would have to wait for another day.
A great doctor and master of medicines, he was the patron of healers and diviners ‘and disclosed to the people the mysteries of the properties of plants’.
He was wise, he saw mysteries and knew secret things, he brought us a tale of the days before the flood.
Openers of the way, guardians of the spirits of the dead, I knew that they had played a central role in the mysteries of Osiris that had been enacted each year at Abydos—apparently throughout the span of Ancient Egyptian history.
Santha and I journeyed north again, back towards Giza and the mysteries of the Sphinx and the pyramids.
And of course he uses the Department of Mysteries to develop terrible poisons, which he secretly feeds to anybody who disagrees with him.
As for the freakish death of an obscure Department of Mysteries employee in St Mungo's, Harry, Ron and Hermione seemed to be the only people who knew or cared.
What was more, he was now dreaming about walking down the corridor towards the entrance to the Department of Mysteries almost every night, dreams which always culminated in him standing longingly in front of the plain black door.
Centaurs have unravelled the mysteries of these movements over centuries.
Could it possibly be information about the Department of Mysteries that Snape was determined to keep from him?
There's a room in the Department of Mysteries full of shelves covered in these little glass balls and they're at the end of row ninety-seven .
How much time had elapsed since he had seen Sirius lying on the Department of Mysteries floor?
Nevertheless, you should never have believed for an instant that there was any necessity for you to go to the Department of Mysteries tonight.