telestic

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/tɛˈlɛstɪk/

Definition of telestic

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Of or pertaining to religious mysteries.

“Orithya was the daughter of Erectheus, and the prieſteſs of Boreas; for each of the winds has a preſiding deity, which the teleſtic art, or the art pertaining to ſacred myſteries, religiouſly cultivates.”
“He paused, and took a drink. ‘Do you remember last fall, in Julian’s class, when we studied what Plato calls telestic madness? Bakcheia? Dionysiac frenzy?’”

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adj

Of or pertaining to religious mysteries.

“Orithya was the daughter of Erectheus, and the prieſteſs of Boreas; for each of the winds has a preſiding deity, which the teleſtic art, or the art pertaining to ſacred myſteries, religiouſly cultivates.”
“He paused, and took a drink. ‘Do you remember last fall, in Julian’s class, when we studied what Plato calls telestic madness? Bakcheia? Dionysiac frenzy?’”
Of or pertaining to a hierophant.
Mystical.

noun

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Ancient Greek τελεστικός (telestikós), from τέλος (télos, “mystery religion”).

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