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Definition of Emblematical
1. Adjective. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract. "The spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish"
Similar to: Representative
Derivative terms: Emblem, Emblem, Emblem, Symbol, Symbol
Definition of Emblematical
1. Adjective. see emblematic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emblematical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emblematical
Literary usage of Emblematical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... AN emblematical ELEGY, FAINS and diseases ; stripes and labour too1 ! ...
and the emblematical prints therein contained, are chiefly taken from the Pia ..."
2. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... discoursed of these emblematical persons in former papers, (See No. 273) and
shall therefore only mention them in this place. ..."
3. The new nation by John Morris (1880)
"and that Ephraim's grandfather, Jacob, alias Isra-El or the god Isra, considered
the sun to be emblematical of himself, and to this day we have— ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"I know a splendid window with emblematical figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity."
" I confess I prefer scriptural subjects for church windows," I remarked. ..."
5. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical by Benjamin Franklin (1882)
"During the disputes between the two countries, Dr. Franklin invented a little
emblematical design, intended to represent the supposed state of Great Britain ..."
6. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Nath Bose (1894)
"... or emblematical m the Brahmana pe- sacrifice-of man, in which one hundred and
... an emblematical ceremony was substituted in their place sometime about ..."
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