mystical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or characteristic of mysticism
    mystic.
    • mystical religion
  2. adjective relating to or resembling mysticism
    mystic.
    • mystical intuition
    • mystical theories about the securities market
  3. adjective satellite having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
    occult; mystic; secret; orphic; mysterious.
    • mysterious symbols
    • the mystical style of Blake
    • occult lore
    • the secret learning of the ancients

WordNet

Mys"tic, Mys"tic*al adjective (Also<
  • Mystic
  • Mystical
)
Etymology
L. mysticus, Gr. belonging to secretrites, from one initiated: cf. F. mystique. See 1st Mystery, Misty.
Definitions
  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.
Mys"tic noun
Definitions
  1. One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism.

Webster 1913