anagoge, anagogy

[In Fr. anagogie; Sp. anagoge, anagogia; Port. & Ital. anagogia; Gr. ἀναγωγή ( anagōge ) = a leading up: ανά ( ana ) = up, and ἀγωγή (agōge) = a leading; ἄγω ( agō ) = to lead.] Theol.: Elevation of the mind to spiritual objects. The form anagogy is in Dyche's Dict. (1758). Exegetics: The pointing out of a spiritual sense under the literal words of portions of Scripture; the indication of a reference to New Testament doctrine in the prophecies, types, and symbols of the Old. [ANAGOGICAL.] Med. The return of humours or the rejection of matters upward by means of the mouth.