antitype

American  

[an-ti-tahyp] / ˈæn tɪˌtaɪp /

noun

1. something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.

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antitype British  

/ ˈæntɪˌtaɪp, ˌæntɪˈtɪpɪk /

noun

1. a person or thing that is foreshadowed or represented by a type or symbol, esp a character or event in the New Testament prefigured in the Old Testament

2. an opposite type

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Other Word Forms

• antitypic adjective
• antitypical adjective
• antitypically adverb

Etymology

Origin of antitype

1605–15; < Medieval Latin antitypus < Late Greek antítypos (impression) answering to a die. See anti-, type

Example Sentences

The frescoes are all modern; in the tribune, are the deluge and the baptism of Christ,—the type and antitype.

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Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.

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The relation of the two verses is not that of the particular to the general, so much as that of image and object, of type and antitype.

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These scenes from the Old Testament were mingled with scenes from the New, the aim being to use one to illustrate the other—the antitype following the type in close succession.

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The lower half is ancient and typical, the type and antitype being placed side by side: Type Naomi bewailing her husband.

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