Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principles, practice, or doctrines of a mystagogue; the interpretation of mysteries.
- noun In the Gr. Ch., the sacraments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
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- noun The
doctrines ,principles , orpractice of amystagogue ;interpretation ofmysteries .
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Examples
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The mature fruit of mystagogy is an awareness that one's life is being progressively transformed by the holy mysteries being celebrated.
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He urged me to continue in the mystery and mystagogy.
The Exorsistah: X Returns Claudia Mair Burney 2010
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"Bishop Olmsted speaks of mystagogy," said Marcotte.
A Good Shepherd --- Bishop Thomas Olmsted -- Preaching and Teaching in the Desert 2006
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Alexandrian Judaism and Neoplatonistic mystagogy, and as much of the old idolatry and demonology as could be got in under new or old names.
Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard, 1860-1933 1920
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Alexandrian Judaism and Neoplatonistic mystagogy, and as much of the old idolatry and demonology as could be got in under new or old names.
Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch Leonard Huxley 1896
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Neoplatonistic mystagogy, and as much of the old idolatry and demonology as could be got in under new or old names.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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The floors of the churches were supposed to be fully visible: in their depictions, their geometrical designs, the symbolism of their colors they preserve Christian mystagogy, the processional directions of the liturgy.
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It ends with the Easter festival in a small community, for us the beginning of that period of hope and freedom-filled mystagogy after the rites of Christian initiation have been celebrated.
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It ends with the Easter festival in a small community, for us the beginning of that period of hope and freedom-filled mystagogy after the rites of Christian initiation have been celebrated.
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It underwrote philistinism towards novelty and 'mystagogy towards institutions' - the known and tested structures bequeathed by past times.
qms commented on the word mystagogy
His mem'ry is still a bit foggy
(These days he often wakes groggy).
He gropes for those truths
He found in the booze
Last night in his bright mystagogy.
June 6, 2017