ectype Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ec"type noun
Etymology
Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal.
Definitions
  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 1913