| mystery | |
| 1. n. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. | |
| The truth behind the events remains a mystery. | |
| 2. n. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature. | |
| That man is a mystery. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning. | |
| 4. n. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid). | |
| 5. n. (archaic, outside, Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament. | |
| 6. n. (mostly, in plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation. | |
| the Eleusinian mysteries | |
| the Mysteries of Mithras | |
| 7. n. (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ. | |
| The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns. | |
| 8. n. A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm#S9 | |
