symbolical

symbolical
    adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;
           "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic
           thinking" [syn: {symbolic}, {symbolical}]
    2: 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" [syn:
       {emblematic}, {emblematical}, {symbolic}, {symbolical}]
    

Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, 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. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
   {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.
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         The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by
         such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   {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.
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "symbolical":
      allegoric, allegorical, anagogic, associational, connotational,
      connotative, definable, demonstrative, denominative, denotational,
      denotative, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential,
      exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional, figural, figurative,
      full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, glossematic,
      iconic, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative,
      indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, intelligible,
      intensional, interpretable, lexemic, lexical, meaning, meaningful,
      meaty, metaphorical, morphemic, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar,
      phrasal, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential,
      representative, semantic, semantological, semasiological, sememic,
      semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant, significative,
      signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic,
      symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, transferred, typical,
      verbal