anagogy noun. ['anǝgɒdʒi] LME.
[Analogical alt. of ecclesiastical Latin from Greek anagōgē (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 [anǝ'gǝʊdʒi] noun [ecclesiastical Latin] = ANAGOGY 1 M16.

■ ana'gogic adjective = anagogical LME.

■ ana'gogical adjective having a spiritual, mystical, or allegorical interpretation E16.

■ ana'gogically adverb L16.

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