mystagogue

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 religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
2. a person whose teachings are said to be founded on mystical revelations.
[1540-50; < L mystagogus < Gk mystagogós, equiv. to mýst(es) (see MYSTIC) + ágogos -AGOGUE]

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