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Princeton's WordNet
anagogic, anagogicaladjective
based on or exemplifying anagoge
Wiktionary
anagogicaladjective
anagogic
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Anagogicaladjective
Mysterious; elevated; religiously exalted. Dict.
Etymology: anagogique, Fr.
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anagogical
Anagoge (ἀναγωγή), sometimes spelled anagogy, is a Greek word suggesting a "climb" or "ascent" upwards. The anagogical is a method of mystical or spiritual interpretation of statements or events, especially scriptural exegesis, that detects allusions to the afterlife.Certain medieval theologians describe four methods of interpreting the scriptures: literal/historical, tropological, allegorical, and anagogical. Hugh of St. Victor, in De scripturis et scriptoribus sacris, distinguished anagoge, as a kind of allegory, from simple allegory. He differentiated in the following way: in a simple allegory, an invisible action is (simply) signified or represented by a visible action; Anagoge is that "reasoning upwards" (sursum ductio), when, from the visible, the invisible action is disclosed or revealed.The four methods of interpretation point in four different directions: The literal/historical backwards to the past, the allegoric forwards to the future, the tropological downwards to the moral/human, and the anagogic upwards to the spiritual/heavenly.In a letter to his patron Can Grande della Scala, the poet Dante explained that his Divine Comedy could be read both literally and allegorically; and that the allegorical meaning could be subdivided into the moral and the anagogical.
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anagogical
Anagogical refers to a method of spiritual or mystical interpretation of literary or scriptural texts, typically involving seeking higher or more symbolic meaning beyond the literal narrative. It's often used to understand or unveil certain aspects of a text that point towards a deeper, spiritual or heavenly reality. Anagogical interpretations are typically found in theological, philosophical or literary studies.
Webster Dictionary
Anagogicaladjective
mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of anagogical in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of anagogical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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