antitype
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5ADJ.
eternal, inferior, marked, mean, mean, new, temporal
VERB + ANTITYPE
meeting, type
ANTITYPE + NOUN
fulfillment
PREP.
in
ADV.
always
Definitions
noun
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.
Type is inferior to antitype, in that it is only a shadow. However the type has real existence. The type is always temporal; the antitype is eternal.
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.
The historical effect of the persecution of witches was to restrict women's independent authority and to establish a strong antitype image of self-directed women.
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3Types 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.
WiktionaryType is inferior to antitype, in that it is only a shadow. However the type has real existence. The type is always temporal; the antitype is eternal.
WiktionaryWhen we talk about the type meeting the antitype, we mean the antitype materialized, or became manifest, to fulfill the type. Generally, the meeting of the type and the antitype is marked by an event
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