antetype
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of antetype
Example Sentences
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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
The baptism of John, therefore, being a type or figure under the law, was to give way, when the antetype or substance became apparent.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 by Thomas Clarkson
"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 Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding
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
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 George Chetwynd Griffith
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