What does the word mystery mean

тайна, таинство, мистерия, таинственный

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Словосочетания

clarify the mystery surrounding her death — прояснить загадку её смерти  
The mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings. — При последующих пересказах эта история стала ещё более загадочной за счёт многократного приукрашивания.  
a faint clue to the origin of the mystery — слабый намёк на разгадку этой тайны / маленький ключик к разгадке этой тайны  
to expound the mystery — объяснить тайну  
to hold the key to a mystery — знать разгадку тайны  
murder mystery — тайна убийства  
shrouded / wrapped in mystery — окутанный тайной  
to clear up / fathom / solve / unravel a mystery — открыть, разгадать тайну  
mystery play — театр.; ист. мистерия  
bag of mystery — уст.; шутл. сосиска, колбаса  
deep mystery — непостижимая загадка  
mystery shopper — тайный покупатель  
mystery shopping — виртуальная покупка  

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Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): mystery
мн. ч.(plural): mysteries

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “I initiate”), from μύω (múō, “I shut”). Displaced native Old English ġerȳne.

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: mĭsʹtərē, mĭsʹtrē, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪstəɹi/, /ˈmɪstɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɪstəɹi
• Hyphenation: mys‧te‧ry,

myst‧ery

Noun[edit]

mystery (countable and uncountable, plural mysteries)

1. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

   The truth behind the events remains a mystery.

   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.

2. Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.

   That man is a mystery.

   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 5, in The Hocussing of Cigarette‎^[1]:

     Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.

3. (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning.
   • 1567, Matteo Bandello, Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello, tr. Geffraie Fenton:

     …and, not knowing the meaning or misterie of her pollicie, forgat no termes of reproche or rigorous rebuke against his chast doughter.

4. A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
   • 1744 (first printed), Jonathan Swift, A Sermon on the Trinity

     If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.

5. (archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
   • 1809, Sir Robert Ker Porter, Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden: During the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808:

     There are seven mysteries, or sacraments, in the Greek church, viz. baptism, the chrism (a rite peculiar to this church), the eucharist, confession, ordination, marriage, and the holy oil.

6. (chiefly in the plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.

   the Mysteries of Mithras

   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:

     There’s no initiation either into such mysteries.

7. (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. A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.^[1]
   • 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

     The trades, the crafts, the mysteries, would all be losers.

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• roun (obsolete)

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Anglo-Norman misterie.

Noun[edit]

mystery

1. Alternative form of mysterie (“mystery”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old French mistere.

Noun[edit]

mystery

1. Alternative form of mysterie (“duty”)

«Great is the mystery of godliness,» says Paul; and _mystery_ involves the unknown. ❋ Mary Baker Eddy (1865)

It is the function of the poet to realize and revere the mystery, but it is the duty of philosophy to explore and dissipate it, as far as possible, for _mystery is the foe of human progress_. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Still, a pricing system shrouded in mystery is also ripe for abuse. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Especially since, after the main mystery is resolved, there is all those post-climactic follow-up, which in the end doesnt ‘really go anywhere, and all these plot bits are left mysterious and unresolved at the end. ❋ Desayunoencama (2005)

The Vatican Council has explained the meaning to be attributed to the term mystery in theology. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

When we opened the book to the contents page, the title mystery was solved. ❋ Queen, Ellery (1864)

The White House is about to learn that we’re much more inclined to support the candidate who has always been on our side over the candidate who brings new meaning to the term mystery meat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Lazaridis doesn’t use the term mystery, but he focuses in the same fashion on solving paradoxes, most particularly for the original breakthrough on how to reduce size for laptops yet create a better and more usable product. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church … ❋ Unknown (2009)

I’m not sure what the mystery is about the end of Galactica. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I thought the premise was interesting, but to set up a murder mystery and then have no progress made toward trying to solve the mystery is annoying. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It comes from the Greek word mueo, meaning “to initiate,” and is the base of the word musterion, the source of our word mystery. ❋ Carlton Pearson (2010)

Another element of the mystery is the deftness gap. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And one of the few cards that they can play to some effect is what I call the mystery card: Keeping us and others in the dark about their intentions, their system. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“The solution to the mystery is always inferior to the mystery itself” as Borges would have it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

1) Girl 1: How’s your mystery, love? Girl 2: Oh, just [spiffy]. We were [mackin’] yesterday. Girl 1: I’m totally [jellin’]… I wish I had a mystery.
2) Oh, fuck! I just stepped in some mystery! ❋ Brankie (2005)

Dionysos mystery and [demeter] mystery were kept in secret. Who broke [the silence] [oath], had to die. ❋ Ptk (2004)

[omg] [heaton] is [nothing] compared to mystery. ❋ No I Am Not A Mystery Writing This Poofta Sifn’t (2003)

[Mystery] is better than [CARMACK]!![111] ❋ Eekekke (2003)

it’s a mystery that he [didnt] [knock] his mother [the fuck out] ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[OMG] he [such a] mystery ❋ Andrew (2003)

[Dib]: [Mysterious Mysteries] is on!
Gaz: Why do you have a head?
or
Dib: i finally got pictures of [Zim] without his disguise, Im sending them to Mysterious Mysteries and then the whole world will know the truth! ❋ Invader Alice (2008)

-Did you [read that] [poem]? its dark and [cheerful].
-Well you can never know what *Name* thinks about he is Mysterious ❋ SilverHeart (2009)

Today I received [a phone call] from a [manufacturer] offering a new mysterial when I can’t even get a [supply] of the popular materials. ❋ Qfm (2017)

[Outer Space] is a very mysterious [place]. ❋ Zatarain’s Root Beer Drinker (2021)

Britannica Dictionary definition of MYSTERY