'Ectype' definitions:
Definition of 'Ectype'
From: GCIDE
- Ectype \Ec"type\, n. [Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal.]
- 1. (Classical Arch[ae]ol.) (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). [1913 Webster]
- 2. A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed. [1913 Webster]
- Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets. --Eng. Cyc. . [1913 Webster]