Both Uses of
mystic
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Thus, at sixteen years of age, the young clerk might have held his own, in mystical theology, against a father of the church; in canonical theology, against a father of the councils; in scholastic theology, against a doctor of Sorbonne.†
Chpt 1.4.2 *mystical = relating to realities beyond scientific understanding OR inspiring a sense of wonder or mystery; or beyond human comprehension
- Her pure, red lips half smiled; her serene and candid brow became troubled, at intervals, under her thoughts, like a mirror under the breath; and from beneath her long, drooping, black eyelashes, there escaped a sort of ineffable light, which gave to her profile that ideal serenity which Raphael found at the mystic point of intersection of virginity, maternity, and divinity.†
Chpt 1.2.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(mystic) relating to realities that are outside of scientific understanding and normal experience; or one who attempts to tune into such realities
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)