See Also: symbolist(dictionary)
Symbolist movement(encyclopedia)

EXHIBlTANT (law) and symbolist (iou)


EXHIBlTANT (law)


EXHIBlTANT. One who exhibits any thing; one who is complainant in articles of the peace. 12 Adol.

symbolist (iou)



symbolist noun & adjective. L16.
[from SYMBOL noun1 + -IST; in sense 2c after French symboliste.]
A. noun.
Ecclesiastical History. A person who holds that the elements in the Eucharist are mere symbols of the body and blood of Christ. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
a. A person who uses symbols or practises symbolism. E19.
b. An adherent or practitioner of symbolism in Art or literature. L19.
A person versed in the study or interpretation of symbols or symbolism. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to artistic or literary symbolism or symbolists. L19.
T. Eagleton The symbolist preoccupation with poetry as Music.
symbo'listic,
symbo'listical adjectives pertaining to or characteristic of a symbolist, esp. in Art or literature; pertaining to or characterized by symbolism: M19.
symbo'listically adverb E20.