单词 | anagogical |
释义 | anagogicaladj. 1. Chiefly Theology. Of, relating to, or of the nature of anagoge (anagoge n. 1); employing anagoge; mystical, spiritual.In theological contexts the term is frequently used with reference to the highest of four levels of meaning in a Biblical passage, the other three levels being the literal, the allegorical (relating to the New Testament or Christian Church), and the moral or tropological (relating to an individual's soul). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [adjective] > mystical mystical1526 anagogical1528 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > allegorical > anagogical anagogicc1395 anagogical1528 anagogetical1794 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxxix They devide ye scripture into iiij. senses, ye literall, tropologicall, allegoricall[,] anagogicall. 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 269 The old maner [of preaching] was, to make one part Allegoricall, another Anagogicall, and a third Tropological. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. ii. 179 To discern the true Mystical and Anagogical sense of them. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The rest of the Sabbath, in the anagogical sense, signifies the repose of everlasting blessedness. 1857 F. D. Maurice Mediæval Philos. v. §71. 218 The anagogical [sense of Scripture], whereby we learn how to adhere to God. 1967 S. E. Hyman in William Troy: Sel. Ess. 42 The Myth provides us not merely with illustrations of destiny but with a guide to its control and mastery—the anagogical. 2011 Church Times 14 Jan. 26/4 The literal meaning of scripture is complemented by the triad of allegorical, tropological and anagogical senses. ΚΠ 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 189 These anagogical children of reverie. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 192 You are very ‘anagogical’, as my Master says, strange and mysterious I mean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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