anagogic
adjective
of or relating to an anagoge.
anagogical
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a variation of
anagogic.
Example Sentences
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The anagorical is what the dictionaries call the anagogical sense.
From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Mrs. Alfred Gatty
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 Saint Thomas Aquinas
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 Herman J. Heuser
But I said this anagogical sense was hard to be attained to and difficult of comprehension.
From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Mrs. Alfred Gatty
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 Noah Webster
