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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mystic \Mys"tic\, Mystical \Mys"tic*al\, adjective [L. mysticus, Gr. ? belonging to secret rites, from ? one initiated: cf. F. mystique. See 1st {Mystery}, {Misty}.]
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. 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. employing mysticism; as, mystical intuition; mystical explanations; -- contrasted to {logical}, {rational}, {analytical}. [WordNet 1.5] -- {Mys"tic*al*ly}, adverb -- {Mys"tic*al*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mystical
adjective
1: relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical religion" [syn: {mystic}]
2: relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition"; "mystical theories about the securities market" [syn: {mystic}]
3: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn: {mysterious}, {mystic}, {occult}, {secret}, {orphic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "mystical": absolute, abysmal, allegorical, anagogic, arcane, between the lines, cabalic, cabalistic, cabbalistic, categorical, clandestine, concealed, covert, cryptic, deep, delitescent, divine, dormant, enwrapped in mystery, epiphanic, esoteric, furtive, hibernating, hidden, hole-and-corner, holy, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, indefinable, ineffable, inexplicable, inextricable, insoluble, insolvable, latent, lurking, metaphysic, miraculous, muffled, mysterious, mystic, obfuscated, obscured, occult, possible, potential, preternatural, private, profound, sacred, secret, sleeping, sneak, spiritual, stealthy, submerged, supernatural, supranatural, symbolical, theosophical, theosophist, ultimate, unaccountable, undefinable, under the surface, underlying, unexplainable, uninterpretable, unmanifested, unrevealed, unsolvable, veiled, virtual
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