Definition for MYS'TIC, or MYS'TIC-AL

MYS'TIC, or MYS'TIC-AL, a. [L. mysticus; Gr. μυστικος.]

  1. Obscure; hid; secret. Dryden.
  2. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human comprehension. God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. Hooker.
  3. Involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, mystic dance; mystic Babylon. Milton. Burnet.

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