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Definition of mystic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mystic

noun
 
/ˈmɪstɪk/
 
/ˈmɪstɪk/
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  1. a person who uses prayer and meditation to try to become united with God or to understand important things that are beyond normal human understandingTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘mystical meaning’): from Old French mystique, or via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs ‘initiated person’ from muein ‘close the eyes or lips’, also ‘initiate’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 17th cent.
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