Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figure on

plural of figurality

The quality or degree of being figural.

Relating to figurations.

(Christianity, historical) An intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figurate

present participle of figurize

(transitive) To treat in a figurative manner.

present participle of figurate

simple past tense and past participle of figurize