mystagogue

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MYSTAGOGUE, noun mys'tagog. [Gr. one initiated in mysteries, and a leader.] 1. One who interprets mysteries. 2. One that keeps church relics and shows them to strangers.
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