mysticism
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
English from the early to mid 1700's, Confer French mysticisme.
[edit] Noun
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mysticism (uncountable)
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
[edit] Translations
the beliefs and ideas of mystics
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a doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
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a transcedental union of soul with the divinity
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obscure thoughts and speculations
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[edit] References
- mysticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913