noun
mystery
A religious truth known only through revelation or faith.
The theologian discusses the mystery of faith.
Etymology
Greek mystērion named a secret rite or religious mystery. The theological sense preserves the idea of a truth disclosed through religious revelation rather than ordinary investigation.
More examples
- The sermon treated the doctrine as a sacred mystery.
- Several mysteries are considered in the religious text.
- He distinguished a mystery of belief from an ordinary puzzle.
Forms
mystery · mysteries
Similar words
- doctrine
- A religious teaching, not necessarily beyond ordinary understanding.
- revelation
- The disclosure through which a religious truth is believed known.