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mystery(1) (iou)

mystery noun1. ME.
[Anglo-Norman equiv. of Old French mistere (mod. mystere), or immed. from the source Latin mysterium from Greek musterion secret thing or ceremony, from base also of mustikos secret, MYSTIC.]
Mystic presence; hidden or mystic meaning; hidden religious symbolism. ME-L17.
A religious belief based on divine revelation, esp. a doctrine of faith involving difficulties which human reason is incapable of solving. Also gen., a hidden or secret thing; a thing beyond human knowledge or comprehension; a riddle, an enigma, a puzzle; a person or thing not understood. LME.
make a mystery of treat as a secret; keep (a thing) secret in order to make an impression.
Swift The Mysteries of the Christian Religion. M. Angelou He remained a mystery in my childhood. N. Chomsky The neurophysiology of language remains almost a total mystery. B. Chatwin Or debate with learned rabbis the mysteries of the Cabbala.
A religious ordinance or rite, esp. a Christian sacrament; in pl., the Eucharist. LME.
a. A secret rite of an ancient Religion or Other occult society to which only the initiated are admitted. Usu. in pl. L15.
b. A secret of Freemasonry. Usu. in pl. M18.
a. A personal secret. E16-E17.
b. An action or practice shrouded in secrecy; a technical operation in a trade or Art, now esp. a trivial one. Cf. MYSTERY noun2. L16.
Hannah More No man is allowed to set up in an ordinary trade till he has served a long apprenticeship to its mysteries. Disraeli Harassed with all the mysteries of packing.
c. A political or diplomatic secret; a secret of State. Usu. more fully mystery of State. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
a. The condition or property of being secret or obscure; mysteriousness. Also, mysteries collectively, mysterious matter. E17.
bag of mystery: see BAG noun.
Henry Miller The world was full of wonder and mystery. T. O. Echewa Sun-glasses for mysteryeyes that saw without being seen.
b. The behaviour or attitude of mind of a person who makes a secret of (esp. intrinsically unimportant) things. L17.
Christian Church. An incident in the life of Jesus or of a saint regarded as an object of commemoration or as having a mystical significance; spec. each of the events in the life of Jesus contemplated with the use of a rosary, a division of a rosary corresponding to such an event. M17.
A miracle play. M18.
A girl newly arrived in a town or city; a girl with no fixed address; a young or inexperienced prostitute. slang. M20.
A mystery story; a mystery novel etc. M20.
Comb.: mystery-bag = bag of mystery s.v. BAG noun; mystery man (a) a conjuror, a medicine man; (b) a man about whom little is known; mystery novel a novel about the detection of a crime etc., a novel in which a mystery is unravelled; mystery play (a) = sense 8 above; (b) a play about the detection of a crime etc., a play in which a mystery is unravelled; mystery-Religion a Religion centred on mysteries and mystic rites; mystery ship an armed and camouflaged merchantman used in the war of 1914-18 as a decoy or to destroy submarines; mystery story a detective or crime story, a story in which a mystery is unravelled; mystery tour, mystery trip a pleasure trip for which there is no advance announcement of the place(s) to be visited; mystery woman a woman about whom little is known; mystery writer a writer of mystery stories.

rodent control (medicine)

rodent control

The reduction or regulation of the population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous rodents through chemical, biological, or Other means.

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