antitypes
antitypes is the plural of antitype.
Meaning of antitype
Noun
antitype (plural antitypes)
- 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.2006, Timothy John Hayden, The Vision by the Tigris, →ISBN, page 85
- 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.1982, Karen Halttunen, Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-class Culture in America, 1830–1870, page xv
Questions about antitypes
- What is antitypes the plural of?
- Antitypes is the plural of antitype.
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