Hypertext Webster Gateway: "symbolical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
symbolical
adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;
"symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic
thinking" [syn: {symbolic}]
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}]
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