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noun greek

mystērĭum

gen. mystērii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
= μυστήριον
a secret service, secret rites, secret worship; divine mystery
a secret service, secret rites, secret worship of a deity, divine mystery (class.; cf. arcanum).
the festival on which these mysteries were celebrated; the festival of the goddess •
Lit., of the mysteries of Ceres, otherwise called sacra Eleusinia, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35: mysteria Attica, Tert. Apol. 39: mysteria Cereris initiorum enuntiare, Just. 5, 1, 1: mysteria facere, to celebrate the sacred mysteries, Nep. Alcib. 3, 6.—Also, the festival on which these mysteries were celebrated: in quem diem Romana incidant mysteria, the festival of the goddess Bona Dea, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 26; 5, 21, 14 sq.—
a secret thing, secret, mystery by extension •
Transf., in gen., a secret thing, secret, mystery: rhetorum mysteria, Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55; id. de Or. 1, 47, 206: epistolae nostrae tantum habent mysteriorum, id. Att. 4, 18, 1: accipe congestas, mysteria frivolas nugas, Aus. Ep. 4, 67.—
(Eccl. Lat.)
(Eccl. Lat.)
Something transcending mere human intelligence •
Something transcending mere human intelligence: mysterium evangelii, Vulg. Eph. 6, 19: mysterium sicut evangelizaverat per prophetas, id. Apoc. 10, 7: mysteria regni caelorum, id. Matt. 13, 11.—
Of Antichrist, Vulg. Apoc. 17, 5: mysterium iniquitatis, id. 2 Thess. 2, 7. — •
Of Antichrist, Vulg. Apoc. 17, 5: mysterium iniquitatis, id. 2 Thess. 2, 7. —
The Lord's supper •
The Lord's supper: mysterium celebrat, Ambros. in 1 Cor. 11, 27.
Perseus ID: n30303 Key: mysterium