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anagogical, a.|ænəˈgɒdʒɪkəl| [f. prec. + -al1.] Of words and their sense: mystical, spiritual, having a secondary spiritual sense, allegorical.
1528Tindale Obed. Chr. Man Wks. I. 303 They divide the scripture into four senses, the literal, tropological, allegorical, and anagogical..The allegory is appropriate to faith; and the anagogical to hope, and things above. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. 192 To discern the true mystical and anagogical sense of them. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The rest of the Sabbath, in the anagogical sense, signifies the repose of everlasting blessedness. 1857Maurice Mor. & Metaph. Philos. III. v. §71. 218 The anagogical, whereby we learn how to adhere to God. ¶ catachr. of persons.
1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1859) II. 251 These anagogical children of reverie. 1851S. Judd Margaret ii. i. (1871) 165 You are very ‘anagogical’ as my Master says; strange and mysterious, I mean. |