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symbolizing

symbolizing noun: a symbolic conception. Also the present participle and gerund of symbolize.

Noun

symbolizing (plural symbolizings)

  1. A symbolic conception.
    • Out of all the symbolizings of Scripture, none convey to us a higher conception of that dwelling-place to which we hope to go than the statement of Paul that God hath prepared for them a city.1887, Robert Campbell, A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal, page 740

Also used as

symbolizing is also the present participle and gerund of symbolize.

Forms of symbolizing

pluralsymbolizings

Words formed from symbolizing

Questions about symbolizing

What does symbolizing mean?
Symbolizing means a symbolic conception.
What part of speech is symbolizing?
Symbolizing is a noun.
What is the plural of symbolizing?
The plural of symbolizing is symbolizings.

Words near symbolizing in the dictionary

  1. symbolizer
  2. symbolizers
  3. symbolizes
  4. symbolizest
  5. symbolizeth
  6. symbolizing
  7. symbolizings
  8. symbolled
  9. symbolling
  10. symbolofideism
  11. symbologenic

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