symbolographyn.
/sɪmbəˈlɒɡrəfi/ 1. Description of symbols. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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symbolography1656
symbology1840
emblematology1881
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Symbolography..a description of Symboles, a writing or expression of things by signs and tokens.
2. The writing or tracing of symbolic characters or figures, or such characters or figures collectively; symbolic writing.
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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > symbolic writing
jargon1594
signance1610
symbolics1657
symbolization1842
symbolism1864
symbolography1865
sematography1901
1865 Athenæum 14 Oct. 495/1 The cross, the comb and mirror, the interlaced serpents, the chase, and other indicia of Christian symbolography.
1887 S. Ferguson Ogham Inscript. 150 The type must be looked for in Byzantine symbolography.
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