Thesaurus: anagoge

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1. n. An elevation of mind to things celestial.
2. n. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.
3. n. a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture)
4. 1. An elevation of mind to things celestial. 2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.
5. Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest ofthe Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of thesaints in heaven; an anagogical explication.-- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv.
6. n. a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture)