What does mysteriarch mean?
Mysteriarch means (obsolete outside of fantasy) One who rules over mysteries..
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/mɪsˈtɪəɹiˌɑː(ɹ)k/ · noun
(obsolete outside of fantasy) One who rules over mysteries..
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.
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Mysteriarch means (obsolete outside of fantasy) One who rules over mysteries..
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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.
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