A religion centred on secret or mystical rites for initiates, especially any of a number of cults popular during the late Roman Empire.
（尤指盛行于罗马帝国晚期的多种邪教之一，新入教者须举行神秘仪式的）神秘教
Example sentencesExamples
The result is a Celtic Christian mystery religion which centres on the grail as a mystic experience.
This is most notable in the area of religion, with the advent of various mystery religions, but the Egyptians especially had a strong effect on Greek philosophy and science.
This is the teaching of eastern mystery religions and is spelled out in the Egyptian book of the dead and other occult religions.
Dyed eggs also formed part of the rituals of the Babylonian mystery religions.
And it kind of evolved into a mystery religion.
Definition of mystery religion in US English:
mystery religion
noun
A religion centered on secret or mystical rites for initiates, especially any of a number of cults popular during the late Roman Empire.
（尤指盛行于罗马帝国晚期的多种邪教之一，新入教者须举行神秘仪式的）神秘教
Example sentencesExamples
The result is a Celtic Christian mystery religion which centres on the grail as a mystic experience.
This is the teaching of eastern mystery religions and is spelled out in the Egyptian book of the dead and other occult religions.
And it kind of evolved into a mystery religion.
This is most notable in the area of religion, with the advent of various mystery religions, but the Egyptians especially had a strong effect on Greek philosophy and science.
Dyed eggs also formed part of the rituals of the Babylonian mystery religions.