different between mystical vs orenda

English

Alternative forms

• mysticall (obsolete)
• mystickal (obsolete)

Etymology

From mystic +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?st?k?l/, /?m?st?kl?/

Adjective

mystical (comparative more mystical, superlative most mystical)

1. Relating to mystics or mysticism.
2. Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
3. Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystic
• mysticality
• mysticalness
• mysticism
• mystify
• mystique

Translations

Further reading

• mystical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Supposedly coined in 1902 by American ethnologist John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt using a Wyandot (Iroquoian) cognate to Mohawk or??·na? (“inherent power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????n.d?/, /o????n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

orenda (uncountable)

1. A mystical power thought by the Iroquois to pervade all things.
   • 1920 George Willis Cooke - The Social Evolution of Religion

     In the Handbook of American Indians, Alice Fletcher describes the Iroquois conception of orenda as "a fictive force, principle, or magic power"

See also

• mana, wakan

References

Anagrams

• Ednora, adreno-, radeon