SYMBOL'IC SYMBOL'ICAL, adjective Representative; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; as, the figure of an eye is symbolical of sight and knowledge. The ancients had their symbolical mysteries. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death, by such symbolical actions as he appointed. philosophy, is the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.
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