Ectypal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛkˈtaɪpəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ectypal is an adjective meaning Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
Meaning
Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
More Meanings
- (philosophy) Corresponding to external reality.
Example Sentences
What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protypical, paradigmatic, typicall, protoplastic, phonotypical, photoglyptic.
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