mystagogue
Americannoun
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someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
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a person whose teachings are said to be founded on mystical revelations.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mystagogue
1540–50; < Latin mystagōgus < Greek mystagōgós, equivalent to mýst ( ēs ) ( see mystic) + ágōgos -agogue
Example Sentences
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Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, who began life as a drawing teacher and is now chief mystagogue of National Socialism, spends much of his time in private sanatoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nevertheless he was no anarchist and no mystagogue; and even where he was defective, his defect has commonly been stated wrongly.
From The Victorian Age in Literature by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
To Clement and Origen, however, teacher and mystagogue are as closely connected as they are to most Gnostics.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
The candidates for initiation assembled outside the temple, each under the guidance and direction of the mystagogue, who repeated these instructions to the candidates.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley
This is what I call being a mystagogue.
From All Things Considered by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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