1. [adj]  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"
2. [adj]  relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"
3. [adj]  using symbolism; "symbolic art"

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1. \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic},
   a.] (Theol.)
   See {Symbolics}.
   

2. \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.