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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Heaven's  numerous  hierarchy  span  The  mystic  gulf 
  from  God  to  man.  --Emerson. 
 
  God  hath  revealed  a  way  mystical  and  supernatural. 
  --Hooker. 
 
  2.  Importing  or  implying  mysticism;  involving  some  secret 
  meaning;  allegorical;  emblematical;  as  a  mystic  dance; 
  mystic  Babylon. 
 
  Thus  then,  did  the  spirit  of  unity  and  meekness 
  inspire  every  joint  and  sinew  of  the  mystical  body. 
  --Milton. 
  --  {Mys"tic*al*ly},  adv  --  {Mys"tic*al*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mystical 
  adj  1:  relating  to  or  characteristic  of  mysticism;  "mystical 
  religion"  [syn:  {mystic}] 
  2:  relating  to  or  resembling  mysticism;  "mystical  intuition"; 
  "mystical  theories  about  the  securities  market"  [syn:  {mystic}] 
  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},  {occult},  {secret}]




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