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Definition of "antitype" []

  • One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament. (noun)
  • An opposite or contrasting type. (noun)

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Use "antitype" in a sentence
  • "The Old Testament figure was called the type and the figure in the New Testament which paralleled it was called the antitype."
  • "As in the first verse the earthly sanctuary was measured, so here its heavenly antitype is laid open, and the antitype above to the ark of the covenant in the"
  • "The Baptist is Elias, as our Saviour was David; that is, the antitype, Jeremiah 30: 9; Malachi 4: 5; Hosea 3: 5, &c."