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prefigurative, a.|priːˈfɪgjʊərətɪv|
[ad. med.L. præfigūrātīv-us (à Kempis De Imitat. Chr.): see prefigurate v. and -ive.]
Prefiguring, foreshadowing by a figure or type.
1504Lady Margaret tr. De Imitatione iv. i. 261 The sacryfyce of the prefyguratyue lawe that was to come. 1619J. Sempill Sacrilege Handled App. 32 These holy Feasts..being prefiguratiue of Christ. 1685H. More Paralip. Prophet. xxi. 189 A Dramatical show that hath a prefigurative signification of the Happiness of the millennial state of the Church. 1865in Reader No. 133. 62/2 Prefigurative of the fate of his works.
Hence preˈfiguratively adv.; preˈfigurativeness, the quality of being prefigurative.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol vii. xxii. §4 This kind of honour was prefiguratively altogether ceremonial. 1685H. More Paralip. Prophet. xxi. 189 It may have a kind of general Prefigurativeness of the Joy and Glory of Christ's Kingdom in the Millennium. 1865tr. Strauss' New Life Jesus II. ii. lxxxi. 278 Jesus was supposed to have done this prefiguratively during his earthly life to a tree. |