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

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

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

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

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

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