the secret or specialized practices or ritual peculiar to an occupation or a body of people; rites or secrets known only to those initiated
According to CMM, the essence of a cosmopolitan attitude that views one's own life as a manifestation or part of something greater, characterized by rapt attention, open-mindedness, a sense of wonder, and perhaps even awe
In the Bible, a term used to describe something that God reveals over time or sequentially, or for something about which we lack sufficient information to understand, but which is not actually contradictory It should not be used as a palatable term for "contradiction "
A mystery person or thing is one whose identity or nature is not known. The mystery hero immediately alerted police after spotting a bomb. a mystery prize of up to £1,000
If you talk about the mystery of someone or something, you are talking about how difficult they are to understand or know about, especially when this gives them a rather strange or magical quality. She's a lady of mystery It is an elaborate ceremony, shrouded in mystery
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
a spiritual reality that can never be fully understood A mystery is not opaque to reason, but rather has a character that human reason cannot fully comprehend The love of God for us is a mystery, not because we cannot understand what love is, but because we cannot comprehend the fullness of God's love, no matter how hard we try
An important concept of Eastern theologies, "mystery" denotes the otherness, the hiddenness of God, who chose to reveal Himself, most especially in Jesus, the *Icon of God, through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit Mystery also signals the proper attitude of the Eastern Christian when reflecting upon the encounter of the Lord in the Sacramental *Mysteries See ROZO
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
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
A mystery is a story in which strange things happen that are not explained until the end. His fourth novel is a murder mystery set in London. used to describe someone or something that people do not recognize or know anything about, especially when this causes great interest mystery man/woman. mystery play mystery religion mystery story
{i} that which cannot be understood, something that is unknown; inexplicable (often religious) matter, epiphany; quality of being elusive or secretive; mystery novel, piece of fiction about a puzzling event or an unsolved crime
a narrative in which the chief element is usually a crime around which the plot is built
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets" a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie