Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mystical interpretation of a word, passage, or text, especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to heaven or the afterlife.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medicine, an upward rejection, as the rejection of blood from the lungs by the mouth; anabole.
  • noun 2. Spiritual enlightenment; elevation to spiritual insight.
  • noun The spiritual meaning or application of words; especially, the application of the types and allegories of the Old to subjects of the New Testament. Also anagogy

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An elevation of mind to things celestial.
  • noun The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The spiritual or mystical interpretation of a word or passage beyond the literal, allegorical or moral sense (especially in Biblical criticism).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin anagōgē, from Late Greek, spiritual uplift, from anagein, to lift up : ana-, ana- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin anagōgē, from Ancient Greek ἀναγωγή ("elevation").

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