1861 Chamb. Encycl. II. 212/1His Biblia Pauperum, or ‘Poor Man's Bible’, is a mystico-allegoric explanation of the plain contents of the sacred books.
1932 R. Campbell Taurine Provence 53Our modern mystico-humanitarian scientists who are merely barbarians.
1893 A. Beardsley Let. c June (1971) 50,I am going to do a full page illustration of the wonderful and gorgeous Song of Songs, in mystico-Oriental style.
1834 J. S. Mill tr. Plato's Phædrus in Monthly Repos. VIII. 636There are two sorts of madness; one coming from human disease, the other from a divine influence. This last we divided into four kinds: viz. , prophetic inspiration..; mystico-religious, (τελεστικη,) to Bacchus; poetic, to the Muses; and finally, that of which we are speaking, the inspiration or enthusiasm of Love.
1846 Grote Greece i. xx. II. 160The mystico-religious poetry of Greece.
1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 196Psychopaths of the litigious, erotic, and jealous, mystico-religious and other types.
ORIGIN: from mystic + -o- .
mystico-
combining form
Etymology: mystic (I)
: mystical and
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