There may have been allegorical and cultural significance attached to them, but beyond that the trumps originally had little mystical or magical import.

But all were strange to Roane and she wondered if they had some allegorical significance.

As America sought to establish its place in the world, Europe began to take on an allegorical significance as well.

He wants to create epic adventure narratives that are loaded with real-world information and allegorical significance.

I always thought there was an allegorical significance to that and never imagined the tales could represent literal truth.

We now pause to consider the allegorical significance of these characters' names.

The choice and number of the stones used have allegorical and mystical significance.

Mr. Brown succeeded in giving allegorical significance to intricate patterns in space.

Sadequain in his own words was primarily a painter of figures with allegorical significance.

Old Catholics, he added, see only an allegorical significance in the Eucharist.