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FootballFan said:
Does that word mean symbolic?

Anyway:

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon

Pretty much, meaning it contains something that represents another thing, so it is not to be taken literally.

And that quote is just useless to this thread.