mystic
mystic a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.
Recorded from Middle English (in the sense ‘mystical meaning’), the word comes via Old French or Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs ‘initiated person’ from muein ‘close the eyes or lips’, also ‘initiate’. This sense of the noun dates from the late 17th century.
Recorded from Middle English (in the sense ‘mystical meaning’), the word comes via Old French or Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs ‘initiated person’ from muein ‘close the eyes or lips’, also ‘initiate’. This sense of the noun dates from the late 17th century.
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