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mysterium

Latin term · 1 occurrences · 1 works

Short definition (Lewis & Short): a secret service, secret rites, secret worship of a deity, divine mystery (class.; cf. arcanum).

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1 occurrences of this form in 1 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

Works using this form

• De Oratore
  Cicero · 1 occurrences

Example passages

……enim et boni viri et, quoniam sibi ita videntur, beati; tantumque eos admoneamus, ut illud, etiam si est verissimum, tacitum tamen tamquam mysterium teneant, quod negant versari in re publica esse sapientis; nam si hoc nobis atque optimo cuique persuaserint, non poterunt ipsi esse, id quod maxime cupiunt, otiosi.…

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Subjects

Sacrifice & worship

Related terms in Greek (same subject)

• εὐχαριστία (eucharistia) — Sacrifice & worship
• θυσία (thysia) — Sacrifice & worship

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