Symbolism

1. n. The science of creeds; symbolics.
2. n. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.
3. n. A system of symbols or representations.
4. n. The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
5. n. A combining together of parts or ingredients.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.