model for something that is to come (e.g. someone in the Old Testament that foreshadows the coming of someone similar in the New Testament); opposite type
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Antitype Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThat of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
antitype
\an"ti*type\ (-tīp), n. [gr. &?; of corresponding form; &?; against + &?; type, figure. see type.] that of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
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1. a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the old testament having a counterpart in the new testament
2. an opposite or contrasting type [ant: type]
Noun
1. a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament
(hypernym) representation, mental representation, internal representation
2. an opposite or contrasting type
(antonym) type
(hypernym) kind, sort, form, variety
Antitype Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Typology (Greek tupos, a.k.a. figura in Latin) in Christian theology and Biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship between the Old and New Testaments. Events in the Old Testament (a term linked with Supersessionism, see Hebrew Bible) are seen as pre-figuring events or aspects of Christ in the New Testament, and, in the fullest version of the theory, that is seen as the purpose behind the Old Testament events occurring. The theory began in the Early Church, was at its most influential in the High Middle Ages, and continued to be popular, especially in Calvinism, after the Protestant Reformation, but in subsequent periods has been given less emphasis. The most notable exception to this would be in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where typology is still a common and frequent exegetical tool, mainly due to this church's great emphasis on continuity in doctrinal presentation through all historical periods.
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