prefiguration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
  2. noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
    foreshadowing; adumbration.

WordNet

Pre*fig`u*ra"tion noun
Etymology
L. praefiguratio.
Definitions
  1. The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
    A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris.

Webster 1913