symbolic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: symbolic	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for symbolic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
symbolic adj relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking" Synonym(s): symbolic, symbolical serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" Synonym(s): emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical using symbolism; "symbolic art"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic}, a.] (Theol.) See {Symbolics}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Symbol"ic\, Symbolical \Symbol"ical\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic* of sight and knowledge. -- {Symbol"ically}, adv. -- {Symbol"icalness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolics \Sym*bol"ics\, n. The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.), that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also {symbolic}.