mystic
IPA: mˈɪstɪk
noun
- Someone who practices mysticism.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
- A ghost town in Routt County, Colorado.
- A village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut.
- A minor city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota.
adjective
- Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
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Examples of "mystic" in Sentences
- It is the kismet of every mystic.
- The mystic can foresee the future.
- He realized a mystical union with god.
- The soul of the mystic is a dancing soul.
- The mystical forces surrounded the people.
- He defeated the mogul of the Mystic Mountain.
- The people give the Rebbe mystical abilities.
- He was a mystic and demagogue for the most part.
- The eye of this mystical character is made of turquoise.
- The Oriental is a mystic instructing the Occidental, a neophyte.
- Thurston discusses what he calls mystic hunger strikers, as well as the disconcerting ability to see without eyes.
- I've never heard Jesus described before as a yogi i.e., someone who practices yoga, but I have heard him called a mystic which is similar but different.
- C.K. never admitted how close any came toward his true name (and some in mystic circles suggest that his true name was something else entirely and C.K. Gill a pen name that became his common name in life).
- Carson played many recurring characters, including Carnac the Magnificent, a mystic from the East who could "divine" unknown answers to unseen questions, which were hidden in a sealed envelope which Carnac held to his head.
- I use the word mystic not in the current sense of one who employs exotic implements like crystals, flutes, or shaman rattles in his meditations or who performs self-designed rites in hopes of persuading the spirit world to illumine his present and supply his needs.
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