Definition of mystery

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Mystery (a.) A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension..

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Mystery :: Mystery (a.) The consecrated elements in the eucharist.
Mystery :: Mystery (a.) A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries..
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery..
Denouement :: Denouement (n.) The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
Mystery :: Mystery (n.) A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century..
Arcanum :: Arcanum (n.) A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.
Inexplicable :: Inexplicable (a.) Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..
Secret :: Secret (a.) A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
Mysterious :: Mysterious (a.) Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
Unwonder :: Unwonder (v. t.) To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain.
Clue :: Clue (n.) That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.
Soluble :: Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble..
Esotery :: Esotery (n.) Mystery; esoterics; -- opposed to exotery.
Mysteriousness :: Mysteriousness (n.) Something mysterious; a mystery.
Solvent :: Solvent (n.) That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery..
Unriddle :: Unriddle (v. t. & i.) To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery..
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