mystery
/ˈmɪstəɹi/ · noun
Meaning
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
- A secret or mystical meaning.
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
- (obsolete outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
- (chiefly in plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
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