ANTITYPE

n.[Gr. against, and a type, or pattern. ] A figure corresponding to another figure; that of which the type is the pattern or representation. Thus the paschal lamb, in scripture, is the type of which Christ is the antitype. An antitype then, is something which is formed according to a model or pattern, and bearing strong features of resemblance to it.
In the Greek liturgy, the sacramental bread and wine are called antitypes, that is, figures, similitudes; and the Greek fathers used the word in a like sense.

ANTITYPE

An "ti *type, n. Etym: [Gr. Type. ]

antitype

an ti type |ˈantiˌtīp ˈæntaɪtaɪp | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that represents the opposite of someone or something else. 2 something that is represented by a symbol: the ship in danger is easily understood to be its old antitype, the Commonwealth. DERIVATIVES an ti typ i cal |ˌantiˈtipikəl |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin antitypus, from Greek antitupos ‘corresponding as an impression to the die, ’ from anti ‘against, opposite ’ + tupos ‘type, a stamp. ’

antitype

anti |type |ˈantɪtʌɪp | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that represents the opposite of someone or something else: the antitype of female virtue. 2 something that is represented by a symbol. DERIVATIVES antitypical |-ˈtɪpɪk (ə )l |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin antitypus, from Greek antitupos ‘corresponding as an impression to the die ’, from anti ‘against, opposite ’ + tupos ‘type, a stamp ’.