antetype

American  

[an-tee-tahyp] / ˈæn tiˌtaɪp /

noun

1. an earlier form; prototype.

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antetype British  

/ ˈæntɪˌtaɪp /

noun

1. an earlier form; prototype

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Etymology

Origin of antetype

First recorded in 1605–15; ante- + type

Example Sentences

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antetype

On the gem are engraved the three symbols by which the Trinity—Osiris, Isis, and Horus; Father: Mother, and Child, the antetype of Humanity—became known and worshipped.

From The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension by Griffith, George Chetwynd

"Thou great antetype of my house," he said, while an electric brightness beamed from his upturned eyes.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar

It was this baptism of Jesus in the antetype which occasioned John to know him personally, and enabled him to discover him to others.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 by Clarkson, Thomas

And if one is to look for an antetype of Thackeray's exquisite English, whither shall one turn unless to the Sermons of Mr. Yorick?

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

She is an antetype of a class to which the coming time will afford a field—the Spartan matron, brought by the culture of the age of books to intellectual consciousness and expansion.

From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Fuller, Margaret