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ectype |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ectype \Ec"type\, n. [Cf. F. ectype. See {Ectypal}.] 1. (Classical Arch[ae]ol.) a A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work Hence: b A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely). 2. 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. .