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symbolics|sɪmˈbɒlɪks|
[pl. of symbolic used subst. (see -ics, -ic 2), chiefly after G. symbolik or F. symbolique.]
†1. The use of written symbols, as in mathematics. Obs.
1657Hobbes Absurd Geom. Wks. 1845 VII. 379 The best masters of symbolics.
2. The study of creeds and confessions of faith, as a branch of theology.
1847Webster, Symbolics, the science of creeds. 1885Schaff Christ & Chr. 5 The new name of Symbolics, which includes Irenics as well as Polemics. Symbolics is the science of symbols or creeds. It is comparative dogmatics. 1907C. G. McCrie Confessions Ch. Scot. v. 209 Professor Philip Schaff..the greatest Protestant authority on Symbolics, set forth the uses of creeds in four particulars.
3. The study of symbols, or of symbolic rites and ceremonies, as a branch of anthropology.
1850Ogilvie, Symbolics, the name given by the Germans to the study of the symbols and mysterious rites of antiquity. |