Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The study of the symbols and mysterious rites of antiquity.
- n. That branch of theology which treats of the history and matter of Christian creeds and confessions of faith.
Wiktionary
- n. The study of ancient symbols;
- n. theology The study of that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith;
- n. Symbolism;
- n. also called symbolic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Theol.) The study of ancient symbols. that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also
symbolic .
Etymologies
- From French symbolique or Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (symbolikos) "of or belonging to a symbol". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“As we enter Whole Foods, symbols—or what advertisers call "symbolics"—of freshness overwhelm us.”
“Through its integration of numerics, symbolics, and graphics, Mathematica has the opportunity to go much further with splines than has ever been possible before.”
“Overall, the audiences seem to enjoy the combination of graphics, symbolics, and historical snippets, and their constructive feedback has given us future directions for online calculus seminars.”
“The ease of using Mathematica is the result of 20 years of careful, integrated design and implementation of things like symbolics, numerics, graphics, and dynamic behavior.”
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“But symbolics aside, this makes him a marginal figure in the region's future.”
“Or the tyranny of incomprehensible symbolics and methaphorics.”
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