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an·ti·type 
[an-ti-tahyp] Pronunciation Key
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[an-ti-tahyp] Pronunciation Key –noun
| something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament. |
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an·ti·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
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| an·ti·type
(ān'tĭ-tīp') Pronunciation Key
n.
[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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| antitype | |
noun | |
| 1. | a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament |
| 2. | an opposite or contrasting type [ant: type] |
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Antitype
An"ti*type\ (-t[imac]p), n. [Gr. ? of corresponding form; ? against + ? type, figure. See Type.] That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
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