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ectype|ˈɛktaɪp|
[ad. Gr. ἔκτυπον, neut. of ἔκτυπος worked in relief, f. ἐκ out + τύπος figure.]
†1. An impression (in wax, clay, etc.) of a seal or medal. ? Obs. in lit. sense.
1662Phillips Pref., Ectype, a thing taken out of another Copy. 1697Evelyn Numism. v. 196 Sent the Ectype of a Medal to Sir Robt. Cotton. 1751in Chambers Cycl.
b. fig. A copy, reproduction; esp. as opposed to archetype or prototype.
1646J. Hall Poems i. 48 Thine own ectype Brownrigge. 1692Beverley Disc. Dr. Crisp 10 It is an Ectype or Exemplification of the Everlasting Covenant. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxxi. (1695) 212 The Complex Ideas of Substances are Ectypes, Copies too; but not perfect ones. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. iii. 53 The true ectypes of their originals. 1846Sir W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. 771 To subordinate..the prototype to the ectype.
2. Archit. An object in relievo or embossed.
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