‖ anagoge
(ænəˈgəʊdʒiː)
[L. anagōgē, a. Gr. ἀναγωγή elevation, religious or ecstatic elevation, mystical sense; f. ἀν-άγ-ειν to lead up, lift up, elevate. See also anagogy.]
† 1. Spiritual elevation or enlightenment, esp., to understand mysteries. Obs.
| 1706 Phillips, Anagoge, a raising of the mind to search out the hidden Meaning of any Passage; especially the Mystical Sense of the Holy Scriptures. 1721 So in Bailey. 1751 in Chambers: see anagogy. Not in J. |
2. Mystical or spiritual interpretation; an Old Testament typification of something in the New.
| 1849 Fitzgerald tr. Whitaker's Disp. 407 We should form a like judgment of the type or anagoge. |