adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an anagogical manner; with a hidden spiritual sense.

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1553–87.  Foxe, A. & M., I. 870/2. Anagogically some part thereof [Prophecy] may also be referred … unto the Pope.

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1875.  Blackie’s Pop. Encycl., I. 151/1. To explain anagogically, means to apply the literal sense of the text to heavenly things.

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