symbolic importance

collocation in English

meaningsofsymbolicandimportance

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symbolic
adjective
uk
/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪk/us
/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪk/
representing ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofsymbolicandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsymbolic importance

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Most specifically, it will be suggested that such benches drew a sizeable proportion of their undoubtedsymbolicimportancefrom their location within the church.
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Although it was of relatively modest size, this earliest building clearly functioned as a monument ofsymbolicimportancefor religious activities.
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That the artist is aligned with the flue and fireplace indicates fire'ssymbolicimportancewithin the creative process.
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Rights without remedies are ofsymbolicimportance, no more.
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So while they understandably assume greatsymbolicimportancefor later generations, they provide inherently unstable sources of exemplary character, action, or inspiration.
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This too was an act ofsymbolicimportancein that the government was saying in law for the first time that it recognised the existence of carers.
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Camporesi observes that early modern society attached immensesymbolicimportanceto having enough to eat.
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This indicates that these crania were deliberately deposited in these places, indicating thesymbolicimportanceof the building, the only structure in which skulls have been found.
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To appreciate thesymbolicimportanceof these pieces of legislation it is necessary to trace the twin histories of employer liability and workers' compensation in the nineteenth century.
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Similarly, cases and themes ofsymbolicimportancemay also provide the ombudsman with the possibility of affirming his moral authority and raising awareness among the public of its existence.
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Let us remember thesymbolicimportanceof decommissioning and recognise that what has already happened is quite significant.
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The fishery is of hugesymbolicimportance.
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It not only resolves daily problems, but is also of majorsymbolicimportance.
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The right to family leave is of immense practical andsymbolicimportanceto millions of parents and their children.
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I shall mention some of the practical implications of that appointment, but we should also recognise that the changes have considerablesymbolicimportance.
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Maintaining frontier controls, whatever theirsymbolicimportancemay be, does little or nothing to prevent this happening.
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Section 28 is of powerfulsymbolicimportancebut its practical significance is limited.
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This matter has asymbolicimportancethat rises well above the issue of how much the allowance may be worth.
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That is important in itself but it also hassymbolicimportance.
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