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allegorical

adjective as in symbolic

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Instead, they thought the story of Revelation was maybe a little more allegorical, and actually humans are moving toward New Jerusalem ourselves.

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Even so, it is the freshness of allegorical audacity as a young genius looks ahead that has the most relevance.

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Its blunt, allegorical references to fascism figure to play well postelection, but kids will like it too!

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But there are similar allegorical tests at work within these episodes.

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Westrate, however, is less concerned with the allegorical meaning of this battle than with the interpersonal dynamics of the combatants.

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