Symbolic

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.
    2. Symbolical delivery (Law),
    the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it.
    Symbolical philosophy ,
    the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.