Antitype

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.

    "Types are generally worked out in Old Testament times through ancient Israel, and have their antitype fulfillment in New Testament times through Christ and His Church."

  2. 2
    an opposite or contrasting type wordnet
  3. 3
    A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.

    "The figures of the confidence man and the painted woman were offered as antitypes of proper conduct in mid-nineteenth-century America."

  4. 4
    a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament wordnet

Synonyms

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antetypearchetypebiotypeclassic examplecriterionepitome

Antonyms

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type

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"Types are generally worked out in Old Testament times through ancient Israel, and have their antitype fulfillment in New Testament times through Christ and His Church."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίτυπος (antítupos).

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paschal lamb

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