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Prefiguration

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
prefiguration

late 14c., from Late Latin praefigurationem (nominative praefiguratio), noun of action from past participle stem of praefigurare "to prefigure" (see prefigure).

Wiktionary
prefiguration

n. 1 A vague advance representation or suggestion of something. 2 Something that prefigures.

WordNet
prefiguration
  1. n. an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come

  2. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand [syn: foreshadowing, adumbration]

Wikipedia
Prefiguration

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 Testament

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.