mystical : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mystical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mystical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mystical adj relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical religion" Synonym(s): mystic, mystical relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition"; "mystical theories about the securities market" Synonym(s): mystic, mystical 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" Synonym(s): mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mystic \Mys"tic\, Mystical \Mys"tical\, 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"tically}, adv. -- {Mys"ticalness}, n.