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Webster 1913 Edition
Ectype
1.
(Classical Archæol.)
(a)
A copy, as in pottery, of an artist’s original work. Hence:
(b)
A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).
2.
A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.
Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an
ectype
of the ancient prophets. Eng. Cyc. .
Webster 1828 Edition
Ectype
EC'TYPE
,Adj.