English-Swedish translations for mystery

• mysterium ett
  Herr talman! Det är ett mysterium.Mr President, there is a mystery.
  Avslutningsvis, vill jag säga att Marockos vägran är ett mysterium för mig.Lastly, Morocco' s refusal is a mystery to me.
  Den europeiska lagstiftningen är för en lekman på detta område ett enda stort mysterium.Outsiders find European regulations a great and impenetrable mystery.
• mystär en
• mystik
  I Moçambique omges Nampula-provinsen av mystik.In Mozambique, mystery surrounds Nampula Province.

Definition of mystery

• Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
• Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature
• A secret or mystical meaning.
• A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone .
• A sacrament.
• A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
• A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
• A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm#S9

Examples

• The truth behind the events remains a mystery
• That man is a mystery
• the Eleusinian mysteries
• the Mysteries of Mithras
• The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns

Related words

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• mystery play
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• mystery consumer
• mystery novel
• mystery|mysteries