Anagoge
a spiritual interpretation or application of words, as of scriptures.
a form of allegorical interpretation of scripture that seeks hidden meanings regarding the future life.
historical examples
anagoge is so called from ana, which is upwards, and goge, a leading: as it were an upward leading.
churches and church ornaments william durandus
noun
allegorical or spiritual interpretation, esp of sacred works such as the bible
(christianity) allegorical interpretation of the old testament as typifying or foreshadowing subjects in the new testament
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absence of sense of pain. noun inability to feel pain the relief of pain n. “absence of pain,” 1706, medical latin, from greek -n-lgesia “painlessness, insensibility,” from -n-lgetos “without pain, insensible to pain” (also “unfeeling, ruthless”), from an- “not” (see an- (1)) + algein “to feel pain” (see -algia). -n-lgesia an·al·ge·si·a (ān’əl-jē’zē-ə, -zhə) n. a […]
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-n-lgesia dolorosa -n-lgesia dolorosa -n-lgesia do·lo·ro·sa (dō’lə-rō’sə) n. see -n-lgesia algera.
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