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mystērĭum , ii, n., = μυστήριον,
I.a secret service, secret rites, secret worship of a deity, divine mystery (class.; cf. arcanum).
I. Lit., of the mysteries of Ceres, otherwise called sacra Eleusinia, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35: “mysteria Attica,Tert. Apol. 39: “mysteria Cereris initiorum enuntiare,Just. 5, 1, 1: “mysteria facere,to celebrate the sacred mysteries, Nep. Alcib. 3, 6.—Also, the festival on which these mysteries were celebrated: in quem diem Romana incidant mysteria, the festival of the goddess Bona Dea, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 26; 5, 21, 14 sq.—
II. Transf., in gen., a secret thing, secret, mystery: “rhetorum mysteria,Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55; id. de Or. 1, 47, 206: “epistolae nostrae tantum habent mysteriorum,id. Att. 4, 18, 1: “accipe congestas, mysteria frivolas nugas,Aus. Ep. 4, 67.—
III. (Eccl. Lat.)
A. Something transcending mere human intelligence: “mysterium evangelii,Vulg. Eph. 6, 19: “mysterium sicut evangelizaverat per prophetas,id. Apoc. 10, 7: “mysteria regni caelorum,id. Matt. 13, 11.—
B. The Lord's supper: “mysterium celebrat,Ambros. in 1 Cor. 11, 27.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.18.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.1.26
    • New Testament, 2 Thessalonians, 2.7
    • New Testament, Matthew, 13.11
    • New Testament, Revelation, 17.5
    • New Testament, Ephesians, 6.19
    • New Testament, Revelation, 10.7
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.47
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 3.6
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.14
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.24
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.25
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