Anagogical: alternatives and connections

A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), d…

A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present th…

All the saints (in heaven).

Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.

A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of deta…

Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.

To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.

To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate dept…

The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.

To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- o…

The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or s…

A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…

The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.

The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.

To render like heaven or fit for heaven.

That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for…

Wrong explication.

The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of s…