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Definition mystery

Etymology

From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie, from Old French mistere, from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (must?rion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from ?????? (múst?s, “initiated one”), from ???? (mué?, “I initiate”), from ??? (mú?, “I shut”).

Noun

mystery (countable and uncountable, plural mysteries)

1. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. [From XIV century.]
2. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
3. (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning. [From XIV century.]
4. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid). [From XIV century.]
5. (archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament. [From XV century.]
6. (chiefly in the plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation. [From XV century.]
7. (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ. [From XVII century.]
8. A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.

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