Ectype

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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).


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     2. A copy from an original; a type of something that has
        previously existed.
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              Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the
              ancient prophets.                     --Eng. Cyc. .
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