Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic},
   a.] (Theol.)
   See {Symbolics}.

Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
   symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]
   Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a
   symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;
   representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight
   and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
   {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.

         The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by
         such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.

   {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by
      delivering something else as a symbol, token, or
      representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.

   {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by
      hieroglyphics.

Source : WordNet®

symbolic
     adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;
            "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic
            thinking" [syn: {symbolical}]
     2: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown
        is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as
        symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" [syn:
        {emblematic}, {emblematical}, {symbolical}]
     3: using symbolism; "symbolic art"