Mystic \Mys"tic\, Mystical \Mys"tic*al\, a. [L. mysticus, Gr. ?
belonging to secret rites, from ? one initiated: cf. F.
mystique. See 1st Mystery, Misty.]
1. Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human
understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
Heaven's numerous hierarchy span The mystic gulf
from God to man. --Emerson.
God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.
--Hooker.
2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret
meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance;
mystic Babylon.
Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness
inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body.
--Milton.
-- Mys"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Mys"tic*al*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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