Emblematical

Emblematical
Emblematic Em`blem*at"ic, Emblematical Em`blem*at"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. embl['e]matique.] Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- {Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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