Noun

(mysteries)

Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}

Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.

* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery .}}

(label) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.

A secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated.

Noun

(en-noun)

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

* 1816 ,

“Why should I understand that, or anything else?” asked the girl. “Don’t bother my head by asking conundrums , I beg of you. Just let me discover myself in my own way.”

A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

* 2004 , , statement read before being sentenced to five months in prison

And while I am more concerned about the well-being of others than for myself, more hurt for them and for their losses than for my own, more worried for their futures than for the future of Martha Stewart the person, you are faced with a conundrum , a problem of monumental, to me, proportions.