[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ectype \ec"type\, n. cf. f. ectype. see ectypal.
   1. classical archaeol.
      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
see also:
ectypal 

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