Definition of Allegoric

1. Adjective. Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory. "An allegorical painting of Victory leading an army"

Exact synonyms: Allegorical
Similar to: Representative
Derivative terms: Allegory, Allegory, Allegory, Allegory

Definition of Allegoric

1. a. Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

Definition of Allegoric

1. Adjective. of, or relating to allegory ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allegoric

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegoric

alleger
allegers
alleges
allegge
allegged
allegges
allegging
alleghanyite
allegiance
allegiances
allegiant
allegiantly
allegiants
allegiaunce
alleging
allegoric
allegorical
allegorically
allegoricalness
allegories
allegorise
allegorised
allegoriser
allegorises
allegorising
allegorist
allegorists
allegorization
allegorizations
allegorize

Literary usage of Allegoric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Study of Book-plates (ex-libris) by , John Byrne Leicester Warren (1900)
"The allegoric book-plate, as we know it in England, seems rather an occasional ... To the Chippendale ex-libris these allegoric plates have little affinity. ..."

2. English Book-plates: Ancient and Modern by Egerton ( Castle (1894)
"T is impossible to draw any really logical line of demarcation between "Allegoric" and " Symbolic " or " Emblematic " compositions. ..."

3. Vocal and Literary Interpretation of the Bible by Samuel Silas Curry (1903)
"THE Allegoric SPIRIT ONE of the most difficult of all questions relates to the ... The allegoric spirit plays an important r61e in the early history of all ..."

4. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"The ' revised ' Hyperion; allegoric significance. VII. The language and coinages of Keats; relation to the whole of his writing. Gradual perfecting of the ..."

5. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their by Samuel Johnson (1854)
"... and Allegoric subjects — Publishes Proposals for a ' History of the l(evi val of Learning' — Publishes a Poem on Thomson's Death — Dies insane, ..."

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