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Meaning of telestic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
tɛˈlɛstɪk

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to religious mysteries.
  2. Of or pertaining to a hierophant.
  3. Mystical.

Examples

“Orithya was the daughter of Erectheus, and the prieſteſs of Boreas; for each of the winds has a preſiding deity, which the teleſtic art, or the art pertaining to ſacred myſteries, religiouſly cultivates.”
“He paused, and took a drink. ‘Do you remember last fall, in Julian’s class, when we studied what Plato calls telestic madness? Bakcheia? Dionysiac frenzy?’”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

telesurgical telesystolic teletactile teletechnological teletherapeutic telethermographic

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