Mystic: alternatives and connections

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

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One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores.

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One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.

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Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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Obscurity of doctrine.

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Obscurity of doctrine.

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Obscurity of doctrine.

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Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

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Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

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Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

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