Definition of: antitype

(an′ti·tīp′) noun
1. That which a type or symbol represents; the original of a type.
2 A person or event in the New Testament prefigured by one in the Old. [<Gk. anti-typos <anti- corresponding to, against + typos stamp, type]
—an·ti·ty·pal (an′ti·tī′pəl), an·ti·typ·ic (an′ti·tip′ik) or ·i·cal adjective