Anagogics

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures. uncountable

    "As is to be seen Novella 146, where the Notes upon that Conſtitution ſay , that the Miſna Torab was Compoſed out of the Caballiſticks and Anagogicks of the Jews, or ſome allegorical interpretations, pretended to be derived from Moses."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναγωγικός (anagōgikós), derived from ἀναγωγή (anagōgḗ, “lifting up of the soul”).

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