adjective
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Origin of typal
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He addresses himself in a series of letters to the Joneses of Jonesville, each Jones addressed being a typal character and such as is of frequent occurrence in our midst.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
He is a typal man, as is shown in the fact that husbands, brothers, sons, and lovers are constantly called 'Halicarnassus' by the ladies most closely associated with them.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
In the day when it rises to fight for its life, the typal men, who give it the lasting models of its excellence, spring forth too for recognition.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The external pose and indefinite modification of the objects appear to correspond with the gradual mnemonic revival of the typal form, and they reciprocally stimulate and react on each other.
From Myth and Science An Essay by Tito Vignoli
Nevertheless, the "typal ideas" can be called "causal virtues," but not, strictly speaking, "seminal virtues," because seed is not a separate principle; and because miracles are not wrought outside the scope of causal virtues.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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