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Definition of Anagogic
1. Adjective. Based on or exemplifying anagoge.
Definition of Anagogic
1. a. 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.
Definition of Anagogic
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or employing an anagoge ¹
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Definition of Anagogic
1. anagoge [adj] - See also: anagoge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anagogic
Literary usage of Anagogic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems of Mysticism and Its Symbolism by Herbert Silberer (1917)
"As has been shown by two fairy tales and as I could have abundantly shown from
countless others, the psychoanalytic and the anagogic interpretations are ..."
2. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1918)
"It is clear that the anagogic aspect of symbolism is only a special case of the
general 'future idea' conception discussed above, and that the relation ..."
3. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"... the Knight of the Lion is received into the order of the Knighthood of Baptism,
in the presence of an old man, who turns out to be time anagogic Master, ..."
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