Word Meanings - MYSTAGOGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.

PRACTICER
1. One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. South. 2. One who exercises a profession; a practitioner. 3. One who uses art or stratagem. B. Jonson.
PRACTICED
1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton. 2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
PRACTICE
A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business. (more info) also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. Practical, and cf. Pratique, 1. Frequently repeated or customary action;
INTERPRETATION
An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. (more info) 1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream,
MYSTAGOGUE
1. interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind. 2. One who keeps and shows church relics.
MALPRACTICE
Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
MISINTERPRETATION
The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
MISPRACTICE
Wrong practice.
MALEPRACTICE
See MALPRACTICE