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But I said this anagogical sense was hard to be attained to and difficult of comprehension.

From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.

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.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Objection 1: It seems that in Holy Writ a word cannot have several senses, historical or literal, allegorical, tropological or moral, and anagogical.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The anagorical is what the dictionaries call the anagogical sense.

From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.

Here we have the term in its anagogical sense, that is, referring to the future life.

From Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures by Heuser, Herman J.