mystery religionn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪst(ə)rɪ rᵻˌlɪdʒ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɪst(ə)ri rəˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mystery n.¹, religion n.

Etymology: < mystery n.¹ + religion n.

An ancient religion based on mysteries and occult rites.The term is chiefly applied to any of several ritualistic cults, notably the Dionysian, Eleusinian, Mithraic, and Orphic, which flourished in the Hellenistic world.

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mystery religion1899

1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism App. B. 350 The alliance between a Mystery-religion and speculative Mysticism within the Church was at this time as close as that between the Neoplatonic philosophy and the revived pagan Mystery-cults.

1913 H. A. A. Kennedy St. Paul & Mystery-relig. III. 69 There are special strains of religious thought and feeling more or less common to all the Mystery-Religions, such as that of regeneration (in some sense) and union or communion with deity.

1925 S. Angus Mystery-relig. & Christianity III. ii. 52 The Mystery-Religions were systems of Gnosis akin, and forming a stage to, those movements to which the name of Gnosticism became attached.

1967 D. T. Kauffman Dict. Relig. Terms 322/1 Mystery religions, secret cults in pre-Christian Greek and Roman culture, as well as in areas of Egypt and Asia... The mystery religions included the Orphic, Eleusinian, Mithraic.

1994 Guardian 14 June ii. 12/3 Since Hellenic times, it has been widely believed that nature is esoteric and marvellous and that its secrets are impenetrable, save by some special revelation. Pythagoreanism and the mystery religions of late antiquity reinforced this notion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mystery religion
释义	mystery religionn. Brit. /ˈmɪst(ə)rɪ rᵻˌlɪdʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪst(ə)ri rəˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mystery n.¹, religion n. Etymology: < mystery n.¹ + religion n. An ancient religion based on mysteries and occult rites.The term is chiefly applied to any of several ritualistic cults, notably the Dionysian, Eleusinian, Mithraic, and Orphic, which flourished in the Hellenistic world. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > mystery > [noun] mystery religion1899 1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism App. B. 350 The alliance between a Mystery-religion and speculative Mysticism within the Church was at this time as close as that between the Neoplatonic philosophy and the revived pagan Mystery-cults. 1913 H. A. A. Kennedy St. Paul & Mystery-relig. III. 69 There are special strains of religious thought and feeling more or less common to all the Mystery-Religions, such as that of regeneration (in some sense) and union or communion with deity. 1925 S. Angus Mystery-relig. & Christianity III. ii. 52 The Mystery-Religions were systems of Gnosis akin, and forming a stage to, those movements to which the name of Gnosticism became attached. 1967 D. T. Kauffman Dict. Relig. Terms 322/1 Mystery religions, secret cults in pre-Christian Greek and Roman culture, as well as in areas of Egypt and Asia... The mystery religions included the Orphic, Eleusinian, Mithraic. 1994 Guardian 14 June ii. 12/3 Since Hellenic times, it has been widely believed that nature is esoteric and marvellous and that its secrets are impenetrable, save by some special revelation. Pythagoreanism and the mystery religions of late antiquity reinforced this notion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899
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