mystic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mys·tic [mystic mystics] BrE [ˈmɪstɪk] NAmE [ˈmɪstɪk] noun
a person who tries to become united with God through prayer and ↑meditation and so understand important things that are beyond normal human understanding

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘mystical meaning’): from Old French mystique, or via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs ‘initiated person’ from muein ‘close the eyes or lips’, also ‘initiate’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 17th cent.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mystical, mysterious, occult, secret, orphic, religious mystic