| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| anagoge |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·a·go·ge |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n  -g  j |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also an·a·go·gy |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. an·a·go·ges also an·a·go·gies
A mystical interpretation of a word, passage, or text, especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to heaven or the afterlife. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin anagg, from Late Greek, spiritual uplift, from anagein, to lift up : ana-, ana- + agein, to lead; see ag- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ana·gogic (-g j k) , ana·gogi·cal —ADJECTIVE
ana·gogi·cal·ly —ADVERB
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