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prefiguration|priːfɪgjʊəˈreɪʃən|
[ad. late L. præfigūrātiōn-em (Jerome c 400), n. of action f. præfigūrāre to prefigure. So F. préfiguration.]
1. The action of prefiguring; representation beforehand by a figure or type.
1382Wyclif Pref. Ep. vii. 68 Deutronomy forsothe the secounde lawe, and the prefiguracoun of the lawe of the euangelie. 1550Veron Godly Sayings (1846) 111 Melchisedeche brought furth bread, and wyne in prefiguratyon of him. 1637Bp. Hall Serm. Excester 24 Aug. 43 Some [ceremonies] were of a typicall prefiguration of things to come. 1863J. G. Murphy Comm. Gen. iii. 21 Slain in prefiguration of that subsequent availing sacrifice which was to take away sin.
2. That in which something is prefigured or foreshadowed; a prototype.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. vi. §11 Many of the ancient Fathers..thought likewise their sacraments to be but prefigurations of that which ours in present do exhibit. 1652G. Collier Vindic. Sabbath (1656) 7 Before there were any types or prefigurations of Christ. 1737Waterland Eucharist 98 That the Legal Sacrifices were Allusions to, and Prefigurations of the Grand Sacrifice. 1851Sir C. Eastlake tr. Kugler's Schools Paint. It. i. i. 9 The personages and events of the Old Testament were, for the most part, regarded as prefigurations of those of the New. |