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mystery

/ˈmɪstəɹi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
  2. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
  3. A secret or mystical meaning.
  4. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
  5. (obsolete outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
  6. (chiefly in plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.

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Sources

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