mystery
/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/ nom A2En français : mystère
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. · The truth behind the events remains a mystery.
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature. · That man is a mystery.
- An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred.
- A mystery play.
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
- A sacrament.
- A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation. · the Eleusinian mysteries· the Mysteries of Mithras
- A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ. · The second decade of the Rosary concerns the Sorrowful mysteries, such as the crucifixion and the crowning with thorns.
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Dans la bibliothèque
“The papers will be full of the Birlstone mystery in a day or two; but where’s the mystery if there is a man in London who prophesied the crime before ever it occurred?
“All that I am saying has a very direct and vital bearing upon what you have called the Birlstone Mystery.
By thus renewing the custom of the old feudal days the Manor House was converted into an island during the night—a fact which had a very direct bearing upon the mystery which was soon to engage the attention of all England.
Holmes, if this is true, we only tumble out of one mystery into another,” said the London inspector.
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