mystagoguery

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• mystagogue — mystagogy /mis teuh goh jee, goj ee/, mystagoguery /mis teuh gaw geuh ree, gog euh /, n. mystagogic /mis teuh goj ik/, mystagogical, adj. mystagogically, adv. /mis teuh gawg , gog /, n. 1. someone who instructs others before initiation into… …   Universalium

• mystagogue — (n.) person who initiates into mysteries, 1550s, from L. mystagogus a guide to the mysteries, from Gk. mystagogos, from mystes one initiated into the mysteries (see MYSTERY (Cf. mystery) (1)) + agogos leading, a leader (see ACT (Cf. act) (n.)).… …   Etymology dictionary