Prefigurement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of prefiguring. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Something that prefigures. countable, uncountable

    "Surely there was here, in his pious, ever-labouring, subtle mind, a precious truth, or prefigurement of truth ; and yet a fatal delusion withal."

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"Surely there was here, in his pious, ever-labouring, subtle mind, a precious truth, or prefigurement of truth ; and yet a fatal delusion withal."

Etymology

From prefigure + -ment.

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