Middle English Dictionary Entry
mistik(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mistik(e n. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Spiritual or symbolical meaning or interpretation.
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)23/630-1 : Cryst and hijs membrys, men, O body beþe ine mystyke. Wet hys mystyke ne mey non wete..Bote wanne þer hys o þyng yked, An oþer to onder-stonde Þer-inne.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)30/837 : For water self nys nauȝt þat blod, Ac hyt hys an-ylyke Ine folke þat torneþ al to cryst Ine þe body of mystyke.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)76/2157 : Þys ylke bok þe mistyk ys Of þese sacrementis.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)7.6 : Exodus is opyn with þe tenn plagez, with þe x hestez, with mystyke [L cum mysticis], & with goddis preceptes.