mystery

mys·ter·y ¹  (mst-r)

n. pl. mys·ter·ies

1. One that is not fully understood or that baffles or eludes the understanding; an enigma: How he got in is a mystery.

2. One whose identity is unknown and who arouses curiosity: The woman in the photograph is a mystery.

3. A mysterious character or quality: a landscape with mystery and charm.

4. A work of fiction, a drama, or a film dealing with a puzzling crime.

5. The skills, lore, or practices that are peculiar to a particular activity or group and are regarded as the special province of initiates. Often used in the plural: the mysteries of Freemasonry; the mysteries of cooking game.

6. A religious truth that is incomprehensible to reason and knowable only through divine revelation.

7.

a. An incident from the life of Jesus, especially the Incarnation, Passion, Crucifixion, or Resurrection, of particular importance for redemption.

b. One of the 15 incidents from the lives of Jesus or the Blessed Virgin Mary, such as the Annunciation or the Ascension, serving in Roman Catholicism as the subject of meditation during recitation of the rosary.

8.

a. also Mystery One of the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.

b. mysteries The consecrated elements of the Eucharist.

9.

a. A religious cult practicing secret rites to which only initiates are admitted.

b. A secret rite of such a cult.

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[Middle English misterie, from Latin mystrium, from Greek mustrion, secret rite, from musts, an initiate, from mein, to close the eyes, initiate.]

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mystery

Noun

pl -teries

1. an unexplained or inexplicable event or phenomenon

2. a person or thing that arouses curiosity or suspense because of an unknown, obscure, or enigmatic quality

3. a story or film which arouses suspense and curiosity because of facts concealed

4. a religious rite, such as the Eucharist in Christianity [Greek mustērion secret rites]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mystery - something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets" closed book, enigma, secret perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
	2.	mystery - a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie mystery story, whodunit story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" detective story - a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution murder mystery - a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered

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mystery

noun 1. puzzle, problem, question, secret, riddle, enigma, conundrum, teaser, poser (informal) closed book

noun 2. secrecy, uncertainty, obscurity, mystique, darkness, ambiguity, ambiguousness

Translations

mystery [ˈmɪstərɪ] n → misterio

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mystery [ˈmɪstərɪ] n → mystère m

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mystery [ˈmɪstərɪ] n (puzzle) → Rätsel nt;

(strangeness) → Rätselhaftigkeit f

cpd (guest, voice) → mysteriös;

mystery tour → Fahrt f ins Blaue

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mystery [ˈmɪstərɪ] n → mistero