mystical

3 definitions found

mystical - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mystic \Mys"tic\, Mystical \Mys"tic*al\, a. [L. mysticus, Gr. ?
     belonging to secret rites, from ? one initiated: cf. F.
     mystique. See 1st Mystery, Misty.]
     1. Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human
        understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
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              Heaven's numerous hierarchy span
              The mystic gulf from God to man.      --Emerson.
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              God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.
                                                    --Hooker.
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     2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret
        meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance;
        mystic Babylon.
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              Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness
              inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. employing mysticism; as, mystical intuition; mystical
        explanations; -- contrasted to logical, rational,
        analytical.
        [WordNet 1.5] -- Mys"tic*al*ly, adv. --
        Mys"tic*al*ness, n.
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mystical - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mystical
      adj 1: relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical
             religion" [syn: mystic, mystical]
      2: relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition";
         "mystical theories about the securities market" [syn:
         mystic, mystical]
      3: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to
         the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious
         symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the
         secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mysterious,
         mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic]

mystical - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "mystical":
     absolute, abysmal, allegorical, anagogic, arcane,
     between the lines, cabalic, cabalistic, cabbalistic, categorical,
     clandestine, concealed, covert, cryptic, deep, delitescent, divine,
     dormant, enwrapped in mystery, epiphanic, esoteric, furtive,
     hibernating, hidden, hole-and-corner, holy, hugger-mugger,
     hush-hush, indefinable, ineffable, inexplicable, inextricable,
     insoluble, insolvable, latent, lurking, metaphysic, miraculous,
     muffled, mysterious, mystic, obfuscated, obscured, occult,
     possible, potential, preternatural, private, profound, sacred,
     secret, sleeping, sneak, spiritual, stealthy, submerged,
     supernatural, supranatural, symbolical, theosophical, theosophist,
     ultimate, unaccountable, undefinable, under the surface,
     underlying, unexplainable, uninterpretable, unmanifested,
     unrevealed, unsolvable, veiled, virtual