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

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Example Sentences

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antetype

They are the normal powers of the spiritual man, the antetype, the divine edition, of the powers of the natural man.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Charles Johnston

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 Thomas Clarkson

Here then the antetype agrees perfectly with the type, all the preparation work accomplished between the hours of three and six in the evening, called between the two evenings.

From A Vindication of the Seventh-Day Sabbath and the Commandments of God With a Further History of God's Peculiar People from 1847-1848 by Joseph Bates

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 Paul Elmer More

We say in every other case the type must be continued until it is superseded by the antetype: as in the case of the passover, until our Lord was crucified.

From The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition by Joseph Bates

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