antitype
- noun
- /ˈæn.tɪˌtaɪp/
- Specialized
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antitipo
- It is not difficult to mount a case that prior to Vatican II, the Catholic Church approximated such an antitype.
Examples
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The antitype for the image of the standing Virgin appears in a fresco on the adjacent wall showing Philip, the name saint of the patron, performing an exorcism before a pagan statue (Fig. 10).
Academic text (2002) -
The Jewish Passover was a "type" and the crucifixion of Jesus is the "antitype" or fulfillment of the example of the type.
Blog text (30) -
The Old Testament type did not merely stand for the New Testament antitype: both were equally real events in the flow of history.
Academic text (2005) -
You substitute the antitype into the symbolism of the type to arrive at the complete meaning.
Blog text (30) -
This antitype corresponds, perhaps, to the sociological understanding of a sect.
Academic text (2006) -
Martha Moulsworth thus reflects many qualities of the Martha in Luke, thereby serving as a Renaissance antitype to the Biblical character. - Ashley Gordon.
Fiction book (1996) -
In Christian theology, Jesus is often considered the antitype of the sacrifices made in the Old Testament.
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The parable of the Good Samaritan serves as an antitype, reflecting deeper moral truths found in earlier scriptures.
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The concept of the new covenant in Christianity is seen as an antitype to the old covenant established with Moses.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word antitype comes from the parts anti- meaning 'in the place of' and type meaning 'model' or 'first example'. So an antitype is a later person or thing that stands 'in the place of' an earlier symbol, as when New Testament figures are seen as the antitype of Old Testament types.
