What does aftertype mean?
Aftertype means A type or figure which comes after or ensues another, often in semblance to or in imitation of them; a copy.
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A type or figure which comes after or ensues another, often in semblance to or in imitation of them; a copy.
But Anna was an enthusiast — in politics and religion — with a Joan d'Arc devotion, she cast every personal consideration in the back ground, and as far as will could make her, was ready to become an aftertype of La Pucelle d'Orleans.
Leading his own troops, dispensing justice, an after-type of those great Arabs who sprang from the sands of Arabia and Africa, shook Europe, and flourished in Spain, a basha.
The story hence has a number of parallels with tales of Arius and his aftertypes, and must have come to mind when later evildoers were found dead in the latrine.
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Aftertype means A type or figure which comes after or ensues another, often in semblance to or in imitation of them; a copy.
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But Anna was an enthusiast — in politics and religion — with a Joan d'Arc devotion, she cast every personal consideration in the back ground, and as far as will could make her, was ready to become an aftertype of La Pucelle d'Orleans.
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