adj the consecrated elements in the eucharist.
2. mystery ·adj anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.
3. mystery ·noun a trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.
4. mystery ·adj 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.
5. mystery ·adj 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.
6. mystery ·noun 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.