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an⋅ti⋅type

  [an-ti-tahyp]
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–noun
something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
Origin:
1605–15; < ML antitypus < LGk antítypos (impression) answering to a die. See anti-, type

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅typ⋅ic  [an-ti-tip-ik] , an⋅ti⋅typ⋅i⋅cal, adjective
an⋅ti⋅typ⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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an·ti·type   (ān'tĭ-tīp')   
n.  

  1. One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament.

  2. An opposite or contrasting type.


[Medieval Latin antitypus, from Late Greek antitupos, copy, antitype, from Greek, corresponding, representing : anti-, equal to, like; see anti- + tupos, print, impression.]
an'ti·typ'i·cal (-tĭp'ĭ-kəl) adj.
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