mystery

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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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Singular
mystery

Plural
mysteries

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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