2012年7月15日 星期日

mystery, trove, psychopomp, mystagogue




Leading Role in Obama ’08, but Backstage in ’12
Penny Pritzker, an heiress who hates being called an heiress, ran Barack Obama’s fund-raising for 2008, but her commitment for 2012 has become a matter of mystery.


A Mysterious Picasso Trove Gains More Accusations but Less Clarity

The mystery of a former electrician’s trove of Picasso works goes to the next stage, a judicial investigation.
trove[名]貴重な発見(物);貴重な収集品.

trove, a treasure trove of sth


psychopomp (SY-ko-pomp)

noun: A guide of souls, one who escorts soul of a newly-deceased to the afterlife.

Etymology
From Greek psychopompos (conductor of souls), from psycho-, from psyche (breath, spirit, soul) + pompos (conductor, guide).

Usage
"Harold Bloom here presents himself as a mystagogue and a soothsayer, a psychopomp of our times, conducting souls into unknown territories." — Marina Warner; Where Angels Tread; The Washington Post; Sep 15, 1996.


mys·ta·gogue (mĭs'tə-gŏg', -gôg') pronunciation

n.
  1. One who prepares candidates for initiation into a mystery cult.
  2. One who holds or spreads mystical doctrines.
[From Latin mystagōgus, from Greek mustagōgos : mustēs, an initiate; see mystery1 + agōgos, guide, leader (from agein, to lead).]
mystagogic mys'ta·gog'ic (-gŏj'ĭk) adj.
mystagogy mys'ta·go'gy (-gō') n.





mystery[mys・ter・y1]

  • レベル:大学入試程度
  • 発音記号[místəri]
[名](複-ies)
1 [C][U]神秘, 不可思議;なぞ
the mysteries of nature
自然の神秘
solveclear upthe mystery of existence
存在の神秘を解く
wrapped [shrouded, veiledin mystery
神秘のベールに包まれて
lend mystery to ...
…に神秘性を添える
What has become of him remains a mystery. [It remains a mystery what has become of him. ]
彼がどうなったかはなぞのままだ.
2 神秘に包まれた人[もの, こと];好奇心をかき立てる人[もの, こと]
a mystery woman
なぞめいた女性.
3 推理[探偵, 犯罪]小説[劇, 映画], ミステリー(mystery story)
a mystery by Agatha Christie
アガサクリスティーの推理小説.
4 《キリスト教》
(1) (プロテスタントで)奥義, (カトリックで)玄義:神の啓示なくしては到達不可能の事柄.
(2)Eucharist 1.
(3) 秘義:キリストの生涯に関係した奇跡.
(4) (カトリックで)ロザリオ十五玄義:ロザリオを繰りながら黙想する, キリストおよびマリアの生涯における15の出来事.
5 ((-ies))
(1) (古代ギリシャ・ローマなどの)秘教.
(2) (秘伝を受けた者のみが知る)秘教儀式[秘儀], 秘法, 奥義.
6mystery play.
make a mystery of ...
…を神秘化する.
[ラテン語←ギリシャ語mystérion (mystēs神秘な+-ērion名詞語尾). ギリシャ語myeinは「眼を閉じる」]

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