Definition of Mystery

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Mystery

A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.

A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.

The consecrated elements in the eucharist.

Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.

A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.

A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.

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Mystery Quotations

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Albert Einstein

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
Albert Einstein

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
Winston Churchill

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
Mohandas Gandhi

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Anais Nin

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Oscar Wilde

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
Martin Luther

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
Charles de Gaulle

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke

Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
Lord Byron

Mystery Translations

mystery in Dutch is mysterie, raadsel, geheimenis
mystery in German is Mysterium, Geheimnis
mystery in Italian is indovinello, segreto
mystery in Spanish is arcano, misterio
mystery in Swedish is mysterium

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