adj. Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic. [French emblématique, from Medieval Latin emblēmaticus, of an emblem, from Latin emblēma, emblēmat-, emblem; see EMBLEM.] em′blem·ati·cal·ly adv. |
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