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an⋅a⋅go⋅ge

  [an-uh-goh-jee, an-uh-goh-jee]
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–noun
1. a spiritual interpretation or application of words, as of Scriptures.
2. a form of allegorical interpretation of Scripture that seeks hidden meanings regarding the future life.
Also, anagogy.

Origin:
< LL < Gk anagōg an uplifting, equiv. to an- an- 3 + agōg, fem. of agōgós leading; see -agogue
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an·a·go·ge also an·a·go·gy   (ān'ə-gō'jē)   
n.   pl. an·a·go·ges also an·a·go·gies
A mystical interpretation of a word, passage, or text, especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to heaven or the afterlife.

[Late Latin anagōgē, from Late Greek, spiritual uplift, from anagein, to lift up : ana-, ana- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
an'a·gog'ic (-gŏj'ĭk), an'a·gog'i·cal adj., an'a·gog'i·cal·ly adv.
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Anagoge

An`a*go"ge\, n. [Gr. ? a leading up; ? + ? a leading, ? to lead.]

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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