What does prefigurate mean?
Prefigurate means (transitive) To prefigure..
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/pɹiːˈfɪɡəɹeɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To prefigure..
This Mathuſalah or Mathuſalem, as the holy ſcripture ſayth, was of longeſt lyfe, and being borne in the viij. generation from Adam did prefigurate the .viij. age of the world, which ſhall be the time of the Reſurrection, which ſhall begin in the laſt day, and neuer after ſhall haue ende.
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Prefigurate means (transitive) To prefigure..
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This Mathuſalah or Mathuſalem, as the holy ſcripture ſayth, was of longeſt lyfe, and being borne in the viij. generation from Adam did prefigurate the .viij. age of the world, which ſhall be the time of the Reſurrection, which ſhall begin in the laſt day, and neuer after ſhall haue ende.
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