Definition of Mystagogue

1. n. One who interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.

Definition of Mystagogue

1. Noun. A person who prepares an initiate for entry into a mystery cult, or who teaches mystical doctrines ¹

2. Noun. One who keeps and shows church relics. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mystagogue

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mystagogue

mysophobes
mysophobia
mysophobias
mysophobic
mysost
mysosts
myspaced
myspacing
mystacal
mystacial
mystagog
mystagogic
mystagogical
mystagogies
mystagogs
mystagogue (current term)
mystagogues
mystagogy
mysterial
mysteriarch
mysteriarchs
mysteries
mysterioso
mysteriosophy
mysterious
mysteriously
mysteriousness
mysterize
mysterized
mysterizes

Literary usage of Mystagogue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"—Reception by the mystagogue of the place.—Magnificence of the choir.—Charles the Fifth's organ—Crucifix by Cellini.—Gorgeous ceiling painted by Luca ..."

2. The Mysteries of Freemasonry: Or, An Exposition of the Religious Dogmas and by John Fellows (1877)
"9. But lastly, the account which Clemens gives of this hymn, seems to put the matter out of question. His words are these :—" But the Thracian mystagogue, ..."

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