Both votes would be purely symbolic, because neither plan has a chance of passage in the other house.

To think of it as sacred ground is purely symbolic.

Its power is purely symbolic and has no normative force outside of collective behavior.

His act was purely symbolic; he would never be drafted.

All my help was purely symbolic; the boy had to do the real work for himself.

The court's judgment is purely symbolic and has no legal or academic authority.

I think the outcome is a purely symbolic one, but it should not be ignored.

In time, the title became purely symbolic, and faded out of use during the 19th century.

"We thought that efforts on the state level were purely symbolic," he said.

However, this was seen as purely symbolic, and the government did not resign.