{ } a. [ Cf. F. emblématique. ] Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
(adj) serving as a visible symbol for something abstract, Syn. symbolical, emblematical, symbolic, Example:a crown is emblematic of royalty; the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
(adj) being or serving as an illustration of a type, Syn. typic, exemplary, Example:the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy; an action exemplary of his conduct