antitype

[ an-ti-tahyp ]

noun

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

antitype

/ ˈæntɪˌtaɪp; ˌæntɪˈtɪpɪk /

noun

1. 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
2. an opposite type

Derived Forms

• ˌantiˈtypically, adverb
• antitypic, adjective

Other Words From

• an·ti·typ·ic [an-ti-, tip, -ik], anti·typi·cal adjective
• anti·typi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of antitype¹

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

Example Sentences

Even our blessed Lord, David’s antitype, “though He was a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered.”

From Project Gutenberg

The frescoes are all modern; in the tribune, are the deluge and the baptism of Christ,—the type and antitype.

From Project Gutenberg

Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.

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The relation of the two verses is not that of the particular to the general, so much as that of image and object, of type and antitype.

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These scenes from the Old Testament were mingled with scenes from the New, the aim being to use one to illustrate the other—the antitype following the type in close succession.

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