emblematist

[Lat. emblema (gen it. emblem at is); Eng. suff.- ist.) A writer or inventor of emblems. "Thus began the descriptions of griphins, basilisks, phoenix, and many more; which emblematists and her alds have entertained with significations answering their institutions."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. v., ch. 20. ěm-blěm-a-tize, v. t. [Lat. emblema (gen. em blemat(is); Eng. suff. -ize.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. "This garden of Eden may emblematize , while Adam is discoursed of as innocent and obedient to God, the delights of the Spirit." - More. Conjectura Cabbal., p. 239.