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Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness..

Symbolize :: Symbolize (v. i.) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.

Homage :: Homage (n.) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign..

Allusive :: Allusive (a.) Figurative; symbolical.

Air :: Air (n.) Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile..

Symbolic :: Symbolic (a.) See Symbolics.

Symbolics :: Symbolical (a.) 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..

Symbolics :: Symbolics (n.) The study of ancient symbol.

Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.

Allusion :: Allusion (n.) A figurative or symbolical reference.

Symbolize :: Symbolize (v. t.) To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.

Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..

Symbolized :: Symbolization (n.) The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

Ceremony :: Ceremony (n.) Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies..

Body :: Body (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow..

Totem :: Totem (n.) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan..

Formula :: Formula (n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound..

Symbolist :: Symbolism (n.) The science of creeds; symbolics.

Ritualism :: Ritualism (n.) Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices o

Baphomet :: Baphomet (n.) An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.

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