Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SYMBOLICAL
emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical
(adjective) 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”
symbolic, symbolical
(adjective) relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; “symbolic logic”; “symbolic operations”; “symbolic thinking”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
symbolical (comparative more symbolical, superlative most symbolical)
synonym of symbolic
Source: Wiktionary
Sym*bol"ic, Sym*bol"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. symbolicus, Gr. symbolique.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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