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mysteriarch

/mɪsˈtɪəɹiˌɑː(ɹ)k/

mysteriarch noun: one who rules over mysteries.

Noun

mysteriarch (plural mysteriarchs)

  1. (obsolete outside of fantasy) One who rules over mysteries.
    • It cannot be said that the place ever adequately gratified the sense of mystery it excited; but, after all, to excite the sense of mystery is perhaps better than to gratify it, and, considering its poor material, this room was quite a clever old mysteriarch.1899, Richard Le Gallienne, Young Lives

Forms of mysteriarch

pluralmysteriarchs

Origin of mysteriarch

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin mystēriarchēs (“one who presides over Christian sacraments”), from Ancient Greek μυστηριάρχης (mustēriárkhēs, “one who rules over religious mysteries”), from μυστήριον (mustḗrion) + -άρχης (-árkhēs), corresponding to mystery + -arch.

Questions about mysteriarch

What does mysteriarch mean?
Mysteriarch means one who rules over mysteries.
What part of speech is mysteriarch?
Mysteriarch is a noun.
How do you pronounce mysteriarch?
Mysteriarch is pronounced /mɪsˈtɪəɹiˌɑː(ɹ)k/.
What is the plural of mysteriarch?
The plural of mysteriarch is mysteriarchs.

Words near mysteriarch in the dictionary

  1. mysterian
  2. mysterianism
  3. mysterianist
  4. mysterianists
  5. mysterians
  6. mysteriarch
  7. mysteriarchs
  8. mysterical
  9. mysterically
  10. mysteried
  11. mysteries

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