emblematical


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em·blem·at·ic

 (ĕm′blə-măt′ĭk) or em·blem·at·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic.
[French emblématique, from Medieval Latin emblēmaticus, of an emblem, from Latin emblēma, emblēmat-, emblem; see emblem.]
em′blem·at′i·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.emblematical - 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"
emblematic, symbolic, symbolical
representative - standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
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emblematical

adjective
Serving as a symbol:
emblematic, representative, symbolic, symbolical.
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And as that famous great tierce is mystically carved in front, so the whale's vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun.
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Go and gaze upon the iron emblematical harpoons round yonder lofty mansion, and your question will be answered.
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Had there been painters in those days capable to execute such a subject, the Jew, as he bent his withered form, and expanded his chilled and trembling hands over the fire, would have formed no bad emblematical personification of the Winter season.
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Herein two journeymen incessantly chip, while other two journeymen, who face each other, incessantly saw stone; dipping as regularly in and out of their sheltering sentry-boxes, as if they were mechanical figures emblematical of Time and Death.
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The relics of those delicacies were not yet removed, either from the table or from the scorched countenance of Affery, who, with the kitchen toasting-fork still in her hand, looked like a sort of allegorical personage; except that she had a considerable advantage over the general run of such personages in point of significant emblematical purpose.
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That he stands emblematical is certain; let us see if the explanation at his feet may let us into the secret.
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Emblematical of this orientation, a description of the victim appears in the militia segment.
SACRED, SECULAR, SACRED AGAIN: DEVICTIMIZATION IN THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH
It began with an engraving entitled: BRITANNIA directing the attention of HISTORY to the distant view, emblematical of WALES.
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He's emblematical of the Tory government's disdain for those outside the Home Counties.
PAUL BENNEWORTH; COLUMNIST

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