单词 | mystagogical |
释义 | mystagogicaladj. Of or relating to a mystagogue or mystagogy; concerned with instruction or initiation in religious mysteries.Frequently used with reference to St Cyril of Jerusalem's μυσταγωγικαὶ κατηχήσεις (see note s.v. mystagogic adj.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [adjective] > initiating mystagogical1624 mystagogic1631 epoptic1770 hierophantic1775 1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 91 Cyril of Ierusalem, if yet hee be the Author of those Mystagogical Catechismes vnder his name. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. Concl. 464 The mystagogicall illuminations of the great Areopagite. 1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers II. 108 The 5 Mystagogical Catechisms. 1744 (title) The ancient liturgy of the Church of Jerusalem: being the Liturgy of St. James, freed from all latter additions and interpolations of whatever kind, and so restored to it's original purity: by comparing it with the account given of that liturgy by St. Cyril in his fifth Mystagogical catechism, and with the Clementine liturgy, &c. 1853 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Eucharist iii. 75 In his [sc. St Cyril's] third Mystagogical Catechism he says [etc.]. 1866 Biblical Repertory Jan. 50 (note) Comp[are] especially his [sc. St Cyril's] five mystagogical discourses, addressed to the newly baptized. 1974 H. M. Riley (title) Christian initiation; a comparative study of the interpretation of the baptismal liturgy in the mystagogical writings of Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Ambrose of Milan. 1984 S. Knight Brotherhood v. xxv. 241 [Freemasonry] constitutes a mystagogical system which reminds us of the ancient heathen mystery-religions and cults—from which it descends. Derivatives mystaˈgogically adv. rare ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [adverb] > initiating mystagogically1836 1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 488 That truly wonderful poet mystagogically represents the scribes of the periodical press. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1624 |
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