mysteries

noun pl. mysteries

1. something unexplained, unknown, or kept secret: the mystery of life
2. 1. any thing or event that remains so secret or obscure as to excite curiosity: a murder mystery
   2. a novel, story, or play involving such an event, esp. a crime and the gradual discovery of who committed it
3. the quality of being inexplicable; obscurity or secrecy: an air of mystery surrounding the affair
4. secret rites or doctrines known only to a small, esoteric group; specif., in ancient Greece, religious ceremonies or doctrines revealed only to the initiated
5. any of the ancient cults characterized by such ceremonies: the Eleusinian mysteries
6. mystery play
7. R.C.Ch.
   1. a sacrament; esp. the Eucharist
   2. any of fifteen events in the lives of Jesus and Mary serving as a subject for meditation during the saying of the rosary
8. Theol. any religious truth made known only by divine revelation and accepted through faith