MYSTERIES

Meaning of MYSTERIES in English

the secret rites of an ancient or tribal religion, to which only initiates are admitted.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MYSTERIES — (pl. ) of Mystery
Английский словарь Webster
MYSTERIES — (pl. ) of Mystery
Английский словарь Webster
MYSTERIES — ( pl. ) of Mystery
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSTERIES — ( pl. ) of Mystery
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSTERIES — pl of mystery. 2. mysteries ·pl of mystery.
Webster English vocab
MYSTERIES — [Other] A cult form in ancient Greece which came from fertility rites and were usually people try to get closer …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
MYSTERIES — Тайны mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MYSTERIES — Мистерии
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MYSTERIES — Тайны mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства mysteries: Eleusinian ~ pl др.-греч. ист. элевсинии, элевсинские таинства
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES — most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece. According to the myth told in the Homeric Hymn to …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYSTERY RELIGION — Any of various secret cults of the Greco-Roman world. Derived from primitive tribal ceremonies, mystery religions reached their peak of …
Английский словарь Британика
HIEROPHANT — Chief priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries in ancient Greece. His main task was to display the sacred objects during the …
Английский словарь Британика
ELEUSIS — Greek Elevsís Town, with ruins of an ancient city, eastern Greece. Famous as the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries , …
Английский словарь Британика
MYSTERY — I. ˈmist(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English misterie, mysterie, from Latin mysterium, from Greek mystērion, from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MYSTIC — — mysticity /mi stis"i tee/ , n. — mysticly , adv. /mis"tik/ , adj. 1. involving or characterized by esoteric, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSTERY — mystery 1 /mis"teuh ree, -tree/ , n. , pl. mysteries . 1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYSTERY — ~ 1 ■ noun ( plural mysteries ) 1》 something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. ↘secrecy …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MYSTERY RELIGION — any of various secret cults of the Greco-Roman world that offered to individual initiates a mode of religious experience not …
Britannica English vocabulary
PETERS, ELLIS — born Sept. 28, 1913, Horsehay, Shropshire, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1995, Madelay, Shropshire pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter English novelist …
Britannica English vocabulary
I AM MOVEMENT — religious movement in the United States that taught that the Mighty I Am is the source of power and of …
Britannica English vocabulary
EUMOLPUS — mythical ancestor of the priestly clan of the Eumolpids at Eleusis, a city in ancient Greece, and the site of …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYSTERY — / ˈmɪstri; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] something that is difficult to understand or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MYSTERY — I. mys ‧ te ‧ ry 1 W3 /ˈmɪst ə ri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural mysteries ) [ Date: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UNSOLVED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an unsolved murder (= for which the killer has never been found ) ▪ Police …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UNRAVEL — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES solve/unravel a mystery (= find out what happened ) ▪ The children were given the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MYSTERY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MURDER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a murder case ▪ He had been a witness in a murder case. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOSTILE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hostile bid (= an offer to buy another company that does not want to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MYSTERY — [noun] - something strange or unknown which has not yet been explained or understoodHow the massive stones were brought here …
Cambridge English vocab
MYSTERY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , great ▪ How the disease started is one of medicine's great mysteries. ▪ little , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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