D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mystic

/mĭs'-tĭk/ · Mys·tic · IPA /ˈmɪstɪk/
01 a. Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
  1. 1.
    Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
    “Heaven's numerous hierarchy span The mystic gulf from God to man.” Emerson.
    “God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.” Hooker.
  2. 2.
    Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon.
    “Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body.” Milton.
  3. 3.
    employing mysticism; as, mystical intuition; mystical explanations; -- contrasted to logical, rational, analytical.
02 n. One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysti…
  1. 1.
    One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism. See: Mysticism