"mystical" meaning in All languages combined

See mystical on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪstɪkəl/, /ˈmɪstɪkl̩/ Audio: en-us-mystical.ogg [US] Forms: more mystical [comparative], most mystical [superlative]
Etymology: From mystic + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mystic|al}} mystic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} mystical (comparative more mystical, superlative most mystical)
  1. Relating to mystics or mysticism. Categories (topical): Occult, Religion Translations (relating to mystics or mysticism): мистичен (mističen) (Bulgarian), загадъчен (zagadǎčen) (Bulgarian), místic (Catalan), 神秘 (sîn-pì) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 神秘 (san⁴ bei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 神秘 (shénmì) (Chinese Mandarin), mystický (Czech), mistika (Esperanto), mystinen (Finnish), mystique (French), místico [masculine] (Galician), mystisch (German), misteach (Irish), 神秘 (shinpi) (Japanese), mystisk (Norwegian Bokmål), mystisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), mistic (Occitan), mistyczny (Polish), místico (Portuguese), мисти́чный (mistíčnyj) (Russian), мисти́ческий (mistíčeskij) (Russian), místico (Spanish), mystisk (Swedish), büyüsel (Turkish), cyfriniol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mystical-en-adj-72AWoUm3 Disambiguation of Occult: 52 34 13 Disambiguation of Religion: 33 39 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 40 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 29 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 51 33 17 Disambiguation of 'relating to mystics or mysticism': 94 3 2
  2. Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding. Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-mystical-en-adj-IgYoDXN7 Disambiguation of Religion: 33 39 27
  3. Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination. Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-mystical-en-adj-EbmmlT5p Disambiguation of Religion: 33 39 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mysticall [obsolete], mystickal [obsolete] Related terms: mysterious, mystery, mystic, mysticality, mysticalness, mysticism, mystify, mystique

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