<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.</li><li>a set or system of symbols.</li><li>symbolic meaning or character.</li><li>the principles and practice of symbolists in art or literature.</li><li>a movement of the late 19th century in French art and literature.</li><li>the use of any of certain special figures or marks of identification to signify a religious message or divine being, as the cross for Christ and the Christian faith.</li></ul>