Relating to or serving as an antitype; existing as something opposite or contrary to a type or pattern.
From anti- (opposite) + type + -al (relating to). This theological and literary term describes things that oppose or contrast with established types or models.
In theology, an antitype is what a type prefigures—Jesus is the antitype of Old Testament sacrifices, meaning he fulfills and supersedes what they symbolized, a concept that shaped Christian interpretation for 2,000 years.
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