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typal, a.|ˈtaɪpəl| [f. type n.1 + -al1.] 1. Of the nature of, serving as, or answering to a type, pattern, or specimen; representative; typical.
1853G. Brimley Ess., My Novel 277 True typal varieties of English life. 1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. i. 18 The ‘literate’ may become the typal incumbent of England, and..the English clergyman—gentleman and scholar as well as Christian—become a thing of the past. 1882Dorling in Sunday Mag. 196 A charming glimpse of a typal Welsh preacher. 2. Pertaining or relating to a type or symbol; symbolic; emblematic.
1893E. Dingle (title) The typal use of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet in the Psalms &c. 3. Of or pertaining to printing type; typographical.
1882J. Parker Apost. Life I. 62 There are palpitations which cannot be reported, and tones which have no typal representation. |