ECTYPE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:

2.
n.

A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

3.
n.

A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed. Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets. Eng. Cyc. .


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