different between anagogic vs anagogy

English

Etymology

anagoge +? -ic

Adjective

anagogic (comparative more anagogic, superlative most anagogic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or employing an anagoge

Synonyms

• anagogical

Translations

Anagrams

• Caggiano

Romanian

Etymology

From French anagogique

Adjective

anagogic m or n (feminine singular anagogic?, masculine plural anagogici, feminine and neuter plural anagogice)

1. anagogic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• anagoge

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek ??????? (anag?g?, “religious or ecstatic elevation, mystical feeling”), from ??????? (anágein, “lift up”), from ??? (aná, “up”) + ????? (ágein, “to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.?.??.d??i/, /?æn.?.?o?.d??i/ or IPA^(key): /æn.????d?.?i/, /æn.???o?.d??i/

Noun

anagogy (countable and uncountable, plural anagogies)

1. The spiritual or mystical interpretation of a word or passage beyond the literal, allegorical or moral sense.

Related terms

• anagoge
• anagogic

Further reading

• anagogy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anagogy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• anagogy at OneLook Dictionary Search