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embleˈmatical, a.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
= prec.
1644Bulwer Chirol. 77 A spice of their authority more strong then their emblematicall Mace. 1679J. Goodman Penitent Pard. i. ii. (1713) 45 An emblematical representation of God's unspeakable mercy. 1709Steele & Addison Tatler No. 81 ⁋6 Gorgons, Chimæra's, and Centaurs, with many other Emblematical Figures. 1726Addison Dial. Medals i. 31 Such reverses as are purely emblematical. 1843Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 107 Dances and games were instituted, emblematical of the regeneration of the world. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 485 These large emblematical wings.
Hence † embleˈmaticalness. Obs.
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