Complete Definition of "telestic"

English
Etymology
Greek �ελε��ικο�, from �ελε��η� �ritual hierophant�, from �ελο� �end�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /t�'l�stɪk/

Homophones
telestich

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Pertaining to religious mysteries.

#:*1992: 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?� � Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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