English words for 'Mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures.'
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noun
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- (religion, philosophy) A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
- obscure or irrational thought
- a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
adj
- Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
noun
adj
noun
noun
- Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
- an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
- any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
noun
- The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
- (nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
- (philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
- A state of nature; conformity to nature.
- (politics, law) The belief in natural law.
- (art) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism, surrealism, or abstract art, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
- (philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
- an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
- (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
adj
- Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
- Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
- Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
- (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
- Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
- Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
- concerned with religion or religious purposes
- (often followed by ‘to’) devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person
- worthy of religious veneration
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- worthy of respect or dedication
verb
adj
- Relating to divinity or theology.
- Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
- Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
- Of or pertaining to a god.
- Beautiful, heavenly.
- being or having the nature of a god
- resulting from divine providence
- being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
- appropriate to or befitting a god
- devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
- emanating from God
noun
verb
- (transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
- (transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
- (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
- To render divine; to deify.
- search by divining, as if with a rod
- perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
adj
noun
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- (philosophy) One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
- One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.
- One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
noun
- A belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, miracles, etc.
- The quality or condition of being supernatural.
- a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
- the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces
adj
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- Relating to mystics or mysticism.
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
- Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
adj
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- Esoteric.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
noun
verb
adj
- Of or relating to the Bible.
- (figurative) Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
- In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
- of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
- in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people
noun
- (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
- a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- a product of your creative thinking and work
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
- The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (countable) A single inward breath (intake of air).
- (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
noun
- (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- Careful and thorough thought.
- Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
- A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
- A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
- A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
name
noun
adj
noun
- A member of certain modern groups or organizations formed for the study of Rosicrucianism and allied subjects.
- A 'Brother' of the 'Order of the Rose Cross'; a member of a Rosicrucian Order.
- a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore
- a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society
noun
- A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
- The rejection of politics on religious grounds.
- (philosophy) The view that the proper role of philosophy is a broadly therapeutic or remedial one.
- A state of passive quietness.
- a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
noun
- (theology) Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Jewish and Christian scriptures intended them to be interpreted, and to interpret them in that way.
- One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
- One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
- (US politics) Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Constitution of the United States intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
noun
- (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
- (rare) A group of owls.
- The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
- (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
- The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
- (countable, colloquial) Ellipsis of wisdom tooth.
- (rare) A group of wombats.
- (countable) A piece of wise advice.
- The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
- accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
- the quality of being prudent and sensible
adj
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
noun
adj
- (theology, specifically) Following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
- (proscribed) Used nonliterally as an intensifier. See literally for usage notes.
- Actual, real, physical.
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
- (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
- (loosely) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it.
- (of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact; literal-minded.
- Misspelling of littoral.
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
- without interpretation or embellishment
- limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
noun
- (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
- (logic) A propositional variable, or the negation of a propositional variable. ᵂᵖ
- (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- Misspelling of littoral.
- a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
adj
- of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings
- proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
- Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
- Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
noun
noun
name
verb
- To act as a spiritualistic medium.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
- To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
- To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.
- (transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
adj
noun
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- (religion, philosophy) A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
- obscure or irrational thought
- a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
noun
- Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
- an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
- any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
noun
- The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
- (nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
- (philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
- A state of nature; conformity to nature.
- (politics, law) The belief in natural law.
- (art) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism, surrealism, or abstract art, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
- (philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
- an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
- (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
noun
- A belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, miracles, etc.
- The quality or condition of being supernatural.
- a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
- the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces
noun
- (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
- a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- a product of your creative thinking and work
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
- The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (countable) A single inward breath (intake of air).
- (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
noun
- (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- Careful and thorough thought.
- Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
- A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
- A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
- A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
noun
- A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
- The rejection of politics on religious grounds.
- (philosophy) The view that the proper role of philosophy is a broadly therapeutic or remedial one.
- A state of passive quietness.
- a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
noun
- (theology) Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Jewish and Christian scriptures intended them to be interpreted, and to interpret them in that way.
- One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
- One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
- (US politics) Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Constitution of the United States intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
noun
- (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
- (rare) A group of owls.
- The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
- (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
- The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
- (countable, colloquial) Ellipsis of wisdom tooth.
- (rare) A group of wombats.
- (countable) A piece of wise advice.
- The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
- accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
- the quality of being prudent and sensible
noun
name
verb
- To act as a spiritualistic medium.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
- To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
- To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.
- (transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
adj
adj
- Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
- Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
- Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
- (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
- Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
- Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
- concerned with religion or religious purposes
- (often followed by ‘to’) devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person
- worthy of religious veneration
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- worthy of respect or dedication
verb
adj
- Relating to divinity or theology.
- Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
- Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
- Of or pertaining to a god.
- Beautiful, heavenly.
- being or having the nature of a god
- resulting from divine providence
- being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
- appropriate to or befitting a god
- devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
- emanating from God
noun
verb
- (transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
- (transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
- (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
- To render divine; to deify.
- search by divining, as if with a rod
- perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
adj
noun
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- (philosophy) One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
- One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.
- One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
adj
- relating to or resembling mysticism
- Relating to mystics or mysticism.
- relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
- Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
adj
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- Esoteric.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
noun
verb
adj
- Of or relating to the Bible.
- (figurative) Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
- In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
- of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
- in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people
adj
noun
- A member of certain modern groups or organizations formed for the study of Rosicrucianism and allied subjects.
- A 'Brother' of the 'Order of the Rose Cross'; a member of a Rosicrucian Order.
- a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore
- a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society
adj
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
noun
adj
- (theology, specifically) Following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
- (proscribed) Used nonliterally as an intensifier. See literally for usage notes.
- Actual, real, physical.
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
- (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
- (loosely) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it.
- (of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact; literal-minded.
- Misspelling of littoral.
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
- without interpretation or embellishment
- limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
noun
- (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
- (logic) A propositional variable, or the negation of a propositional variable. ᵂᵖ
- (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- Misspelling of littoral.
- a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
adj
- of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings
- proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
- Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
- Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.