Meanings
adjectiveprefigurative (comparative more prefigurative, superlative most prefigurative)
comparative more prefigurative · superlative most prefigurative
- Related to prefiguration; that prefigures.
The whole of this process seems to be typical or prefigurative of the grand atonement to be made for the sins of the whole world by Jesus Christ
1818, Thomas Hartwell Horne, Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveindistinctly prophetic
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