Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mysteriarch

/mɪsˈtɪəɹiˌɑː(ɹ)k/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mys-te-ri-arch
IPA: /mɪsˈtɪəɹiˌɑː(ɹ)k/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who rules over mysteries.

Example Sentences

"It cannot be said that the place ever adequately gratified the sense of mystery it excited; but, after all, to excite the sense of mystery is perhaps better than to gratify it, and, considering its poor material, this room was quite a clever old mysteriarch."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin mystēriarchēs (“one who presides over Christian sacraments”), from Ancient Greek μυστηριάρχης (mustēriárkhēs, “one who rules over religious mysteries”), from μυστήριον (mustḗrion) + -άρχης (-árkhēs), corresponding to mystery + -arch.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: μυστηριάρχης
Suffix: μυστήριον, mystery

Inflected Forms

mysteriarchs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mysteriarch?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈtɪəɹiˌɑː(ɹ)k/.
What does mysteriarch mean?: One who rules over mysteries.
Where does mysteriarch come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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