antitype

[ an-ti-tahyp ]

/ ˈæn tɪˌtaɪp /

noun

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

Nearby words

antitrypsin, antitrypsin deficiency, antitryptic, antitussive, antitwilight arch, antitype, antiunion, antiutopia, antivax, antivaxxer, antivenin

Origin of antitype

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

Related forms

an·ti·typ·ic

[an-ti-tip-ik] /ˌæn tɪˈtɪp ɪk/, an·ti·typ·i·cal, adjectivean·ti·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for antitype

The pictorial representation of type and antitype seems to have had an interest for them.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England|Edward L. Cutts
A vision of his antitype, the Cowes Philanderer, crossed me for a second.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
For this, also, we can easily see another reason in the Antitype.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus|S H Kellogg
A type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype.
Companion to the Bible|E. P. Barrows

And surely the antitype of all this in the Church now will fully confirm what has been stated about the character of Merari.
The Great Commission|C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh

British Dictionary definitions for antitype

antitype

/ (ˈæntɪˌtaɪp) /

noun

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

an opposite type

Derived Forms

antitypic (ˌæntɪˈtɪpɪk) or antitypical, adjectiveantitypically, adverb

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