mystery

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English mysterie < Latin mysterium < Ancient Greek μυστήριον (musterion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”) < μύστης (mustēs, “initiated one”) < μυέω (mueō, “I initiate”) < μύω (muō, “I shut”).

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mystery (plural mysteries)

1. Something secret or unexplainable; unknown.
   

   The truth behind the events remains a mystery.



2. Someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature.
   

   That man is a mystery.



3. (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
   

   The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.

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• roun (obsolete)

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mysterious

mystery play

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mystic mystical

mysticism mystify

mystique

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[show ▼]something secret or unexplainable

Albanian: mister sq(sq) m. Arabic: سر (ser) m. Armenian: գաղտնիք (gaġtnik'), առեղծված (aṙeġçvaç) Catalan: misteri ca(ca) m. Chinese: 神秘 (shénmì) Croatian: mìstērīj hr(hr) m. Czech: záhada cs(cs) f. Danish: mysterium da(da) n. Dutch: mysterie nl(nl) n. Esperanto: mistero eo(eo) Estonian: müsteerium et(et) Finnish: salaisuus fi(fi) French: mystère fr(fr) m. Georgian: საიდუმლოება ka(ka) (saidumloeba), ხვაშიადი ka(ka) (xvašiadi) German: Geheimnis de(de) n., Rätsel de(de) n. Greek: μυστήριο el(el) (mistírio) n. Hebrew: תעלומה he(he) (ta'aluma) f. Hindi: रहस्य hi(hi) (rahasya) f. Hungarian: rejtély hu(hu) Icelandic: ráðgáta is(is) f. Italian: mistero it(it) m.		Japanese: ミステリー (misuterī) Korean: 신비 (sinbi) Latin: mysterium la(la) n. Latvian: noslēpums lv(lv) m. Lithuanian: paslaptis lt(lt) m. Mongolian: нууц mn(mn) (nuuc) Norwegian: mysterium no(no) n. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: راز fa(fa) Polish: tajemnica pl(pl) f. Portuguese: misterio pt(pt) m. Romanian: mister ro(ro) n. Russian: тайна ru(ru) (tájna) f., загадка ru(ru) (zagádka) f. Slovak: záhada sk(sk) f. Slovene: skrivnost sl(sl) n. Spanish: misterio es(es) m. Swahili: siri sw(sw) Swedish: mysterium sv(sv) c. Thai: ความลี้ลับ (kwaam lée láp) Turkish: gizem tr(tr), esrâr tr(tr) Vietnamese: bí ẩn vi(vi) Welsh: dirgelwch cy(cy) f.
		Add translation : More masc. fem. neuter common gender plural Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука) Page name: (e.g. amo for amō) Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang) Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin) Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)

[show ▼]Someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature

Armenian: առեղծված (aṙeġçvaç) Croatian: mìstērīj hr(hr) m. Danish: mysterium da(da) n.		German: Rätsel de(de) n. Russian: загадка ru(ru) (zagádka) f.
		Add translation : More masc. fem. neuter common gender plural Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука) Page name: (e.g. amo for amō) Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang) Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin) Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)

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Ancient Greek: μυστήριον n. Indonesian: keajaiban Italian: mistero m., giallo m. Old English: searorūn

[edit] References

• Mysteries: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm#S9

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