See Also: anagogy(medicine)
anagogy(dictionary)

anagogy (iou)



anagogy noun. LME.
[Analogical alt. of ecclesiastical Latin from Greek anagoge (religious or ecstatic) elevation, mystical feeling, from anagein lift up, formed as AN-4 + agein to lead.]
1. Spiritual, mystical, or allegorical interpretation. LME.
2. Spiritual elevation, esp. to understand mysteries. rare. Only in E18.
anagoge = ANAGOGY 1 M16.
ana'gogic adjective = anagogical LME.
ana'gogical adjective having a spiritual, mystical, or allegorical interpretation E16.
ana'gogically adverb L16.