Adjective : a highly symbolic poem. From Dictionary.com.
The wine cup was not literally given by Jeremiah to the representatives of the different nations; but only in symbolical vision. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Though the action is a pure invention, I recognise in this piece more historical and more of what we may call symbolical truth, than in most French tragedies. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature] Reference
In them they saw the kind of symbolical writing that they could remember, as well as understand. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
Hengstenberg makes the name, like other apocalyptic names, symbolical, meaning one standing out "against all" for Christ's sake. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Divide it by two, and then by the number of days, to get a "symbolical" price of one day of taking care of another couple's baby. From Wordnik.com. [The Czech Daily Word] Reference
These form a kind of symbolical index to the Songman's repertory: the audience make their choice by laying a hand upon any token which appears desirable. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: New and Old] Reference
A kind of symbolical dumb-show which signified, without endangering or even fatiguing her in any way, that she was ‘laughing until she cried.’. From Wordnik.com. [Swann's Way] Reference
(Whether the mode of baptism by immersion be alluded to in this verse, as a kind of symbolical burial and resurrection, does not seem to us of much consequence. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
May not this picture and its end prove symbolical?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Mr. Redfern, each holding a symbolical instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
The symbolical covers are few, and mostly uninteresting. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
This act was symbolical of his giving to her his worldly goods. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Phre; a similar representation in Dendyra is probably symbolical. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
The world may perhaps return from unsymbolical to symbolical writing. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
The 20 red and blue symbolical paintings round wall are by the two Vanloos. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Possibly the birds were intended to be symbolical of the souls of the faithful. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The images of the highest circular terrace are carved in four symbolical attitudes. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
June, of course, is the month of roses, while a fire-cracker is always symbolical of July. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
It was symbolical of the stain which the letter, even when destroyed, had left upon her mind. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Riccabocca was standing on the hearth, under his symbolical representation of the "Patriæ Exul.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
It is of uncertain date; if the historical Amalek is meant, it may be early; but Amalek may be symbolical. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
These fishes are made to represent carp, which are in Japanese folklore symbolical of health and longevity. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Besides, these mythological pictures, the symbolical men of history are introduced, such as Moses and Solon. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Now, which of our readers will be able to discover the three portraits hidden in this symbolical bunch of violets?. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, May 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People] Reference
Was it not a symbolical image of the progress of civilization, of regular legislation struggling against barbaric customs?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The spring, with its freshness and promise, was symbolical of the gladsome currents of her life that joyous April and May. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
The repeating element is perhaps a symbolical figure, a heraldic shield, or it may be some geometrical form that supplies the motive. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Brutus had propitiated the oracle by the present of a hollow stick filled with gold, and learned the symbolical meaning of this reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
On the sub-struction rises a square basement, on each side of which are four bronze medallions, symbolical of Justice, the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
It was a symbolical picture, and very ugly; but the words were: "Oh! that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Romans had a symbolical meaning, and when the husband received his bride with fire and water, he signified that his protection should ever be over her. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
And the 'Marzocco', the lion symbolical of Florence, was represented above the door, resting his paw on the escutcheon ornamented with the national lys. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This is symbolical of clothing the dead, who ascend into the bodies of their namesakes during the ceremony and take on the spiritual counterpart of the clothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo] Reference
The hieroglyphics are now known to be of three kinds, all of which are generally mingled in the same inscription -- the pictorial, the symbolical, and the phonetic. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The introduction of tiny figures was attributable to the overwhelming personality of Louis XIV., and was symbolical of his magnificent sway and far-reaching influence. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Even Raphael's great frescoes are symbolical more truly than historical, expressing the significance of a whole series of events rather than literally rendering one single event. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
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