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anagogics

anagogics noun: mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures.

Noun

anagogics (uncountable)

  1. Mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures.
    • 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.1675, Lancelot Addison, The Present State of the Jews

Origin of anagogics

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

Questions about anagogics

What does anagogics mean?
Anagogics means mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures.
What part of speech is anagogics?
Anagogics is a noun.

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