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adjectivemystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience. of or relating to mystics or mysticism: mystical writings. spiritually symbolic: a mystical vision of the hereafter. obscure in meaning; mysterious: mystical circumstances. Origin of mysticalFirst recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; see mystic, -al1 synonym study for mystical1. See mysterious. OTHER WORDS FROM mysticalmys·ti·cal·ly, adverbmys·ti·cal·i·ty, mys·ti·cal·ness, nounWords nearby mysticalmystery, mystery bag, mystery play, mystery tour, mystic, mystical, mystical theology, mysticete, mysticism, mysticize, mystify Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mysticalThe unusual textures (santouri, ney, lyra, clarinets, voices) impart a mystical quality to this work. The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The monomyth always begins with the hero in the normal world, but that world soon shifts to a mystical one. The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero|Regina Lizik|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is about, his words, “mystical things happening to ordinary people.” Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune|Mike Lupica|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The sale of magic beans and dolls and other mystical, Eastern tchotchkes had made me suspicious. Patted Down by India’s Hugging Saint|Daniel Genis|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even after nearly 50 years, Ehrenreich is reluctant to describe the experiences as mystical. Barbara Ehrenreich Gives God a Going Over in Her New Book|Nick Romeo|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Romme, a mystical republican, infused into her mind the German spirit of illumination. History of the Girondists, Volume I|Alphonse de Lamartine This is the subjective side of it, the unconscious, instinctive, mystical motive so often observed. The Psychology of Nations|G.E. Partridge How, then, is the pre-Christian mystical religion of the Hellenistic world to be reconstructed? The Origin of Paul's Religion|J. Gresham Machen To think in terms of mystical wisdom meant human denial of all sentient life. Freedom Talks No. II|Julia Seton Then he remembered the fruitless effort he had made to discover her number—that mystical "private wire." What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for mystical
adjectiverelating to or characteristic of mysticism Christianity having a divine or sacred significance that surpasses natural human apprehension having occult or metaphysical significance, nature, or force a less common word for mysterious Derived forms of mysticalmystically, adverbmysticalness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mysticalesoteric, magical, anagogic, arcane, cryptic, hermetical, orphic |