MYSTIC


Meaning of MYSTIC in English

I. noun

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Both men were secular mystics who chose to canonise their own tastes.

Feminist scholars popularized the writings of medieval mystics such as Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen.

Study of these meditations therefore also illuminates aspects of the inner journey which all the medieval mystics take for granted.

Surely not the meaning it would have for a mystic !

The Essenes are not passive mystics.

This is not to say that athletes are yogis or mystics.

Victoria was a fiery mystic , a Stanford graduate who intimately understood the ward politics of San Francisco.

We have seen that all our mystics stress the importance of attending to the needs of the body.

II. adjective

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No longer is it tainted as mystic , for here, with no one passing judgment, no experience is tainted.

Thus was established the image of the Falls as a dread and mystic place.

To taste the elixir of life, become a drunkard in that mystic tavern!

With a sense of the mystic potency of humankind.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.