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

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

From this point, the spiritual life proceeded to evolve out of itself continually many gradations of existence, each lower one being still the impression, the antetype, of the immediate higher one.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

Hence Moses comes in with the prophets as an antetype of Christ.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

If two or more species have been independently formed on the plan of a common antetype, then the series of affinities will be compound, and can only be represented by a forked or many-branched line....

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by James Marchant

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 Margaret Fuller

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