mystagogue
someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
a person whose teachings are said to be founded on mystical revelations.
Origin of mystagogue
1Other words from mystagogue
- mys·ta·go·gy [mis-tuh-goh-jee, -goj-ee], /ˈmɪs təˌgoʊ dʒi, -ˌgɒdʒ i/, mys·ta·go·gue·ry [mis-tuh-gaw-guh-ree, -gog-uh-], /ˈmɪs təˌgɔ gə ri, -ˌgɒg ə-/, noun
- mys·ta·gog·ic [mis-tuh-goj-ik], /ˌmɪs təˈgɒdʒ ɪk/, mys·ta·gog·i·cal, adjective
- mys·ta·gog·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use mystagogue in a sentence
He had none of the airs of mystagogue, but talked to men, as he did to beasts, in the speech which was habitual to them.
Rest Harrow | Maurice HewlettMeursius,” says his editor, “was the true and legitimate mystagogue to the sanctuarius of Greece.
But Barrs was too sprightly a spirit to remain a mystagogue.
Egoists | James HunekerHenri Bergson is a mystagogue, and all mystagogues are mythomaniacs.
Unicorns | James HunekerNevertheless he was no anarchist and no mystagogue; and even where he was defective, his defect has commonly been stated wrongly.
The Victorian Age in Literature | G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for mystagogue
/ (ˈmɪstəˌɡɒɡ) /
(in Mediterranean mystery religions) a person who instructs those who are preparing for initiation into the mysteries
Origin of mystagogue
1Derived forms of mystagogue
- mystagogic (ˌmɪstəˈɡɒdʒɪk) or mystagogical, adjective
- mystagogically, adverb
- mystagogy (ˈmɪstəˌɡɒdʒɪ), noun
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