Mys'tic1, n.
n. One who holds to mysticism.
2 entries under this word
n. One who holds to mysticism.
a. [Lat. mysticus, Gr. μυστικός, belonging to secret rites, from μύστης; Fr. mystique, It. & Sp. mistico. See supra.]
Sense 1. Remote from human comprehension; governed by incomprehensible or mysterious laws; obscure. God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. Hooker.
Sense 2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, mystic dance; mystic Babylon.
Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body. Milton.