symbolical writing
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A good example of true symbolical writing is to be found in a certain figure often employed among the architectural decorations of churches, as an emblem of the Deity.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
In them they saw the kind of symbolical writing that they could remember, as well as understand.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
The advantage of symbolical writing over allegory is, that it presumes no disjunction of faculties, but simple predominance.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
The world may perhaps return from unsymbolical to symbolical writing.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
But notwithstanding this apparent simplicity, the system of symbolical writing proved to be, when extensively employed, extremely complicated and intricate.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
