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Providing vague advance indications
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prefiguration
Word definitions for prefiguration in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Late Latin praefigurationem (nominative praefiguratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of praefigurare "to prefigure" (see prefigure ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand [syn: foreshadowing , adumbration ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prefiguration \Pre*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. praefiguratio.] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. --Norris.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Prefiguration may refer to: Prefiguration (politics) , the reflection of a future society being sought by a group Prefiguration (theology) , a relationship between elements of the Hebrew Bible / Torah, and aspects of Jesus's life as depicted in the New ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A vague advance representation or suggestion of something. 2 Something that prefigures.
Usage examples of prefiguration.
For there will be nothing there which pertains to the terrestrial Jerusalem only, if whatever is there said and fulfilled of or concerning her signifies something which also refers by allegorical prefiguration to the celestial Jerusalem.