Sentence example with the word 'allegorical'

allegorical

allegoric, connotative, expressive, fictional, full of substance, interpretable, meaty, mythopoeic, pointed, romantic, significative, transferred

Definition adj. used in or characteristic of or containing allegory

Last update: October 19, 2015


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Philo's God is described in terms of absolute transcendency; his doctrine of the Logos or Divine Sophia is a theistical transformation of the Platonic world of ideas; his allegorical interpretation of the Old Testament represents the spiritualistic dissolution of historical Judaism.   [Please select]

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"Father is always delightful when he is allegorical," Polly had once said.   [Please select]

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An Allegorical subject, allusive to the demolition of a statue offensive to the Low Countries.   [Please select]

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Fortune Reversed, an allegorical subject, allusive to some hero upon whom Fortune has turned her back.   [Please select]

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The arms of the State are significant and almost allegorical.   [Please select]

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As to the meaning of the allegorical figures, one is generally in doubt.   [Please select]

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Surely you don't mean to revive the allegorical personages in the mysteries of the middle ages.   [Please select]

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There was nothing mythical or allegorical in that subject in the opinion of the Reverend Stephen.   [Please select]

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After this came several allegorical representations.   [Please select]

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Historical, Allegorical and Fancy Subjects.   [Please select]

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Suggestive parable-like or allegorical stories, such as a few of Hawthorne's in _Twice Told Tales_ and _Mosses from an Old Manse_, or a few of Tolstoy's short tales, are simple enough for children.   [Please select]

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