Bible Dictionaries
Archetype
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.
(2):
(n.) The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
(3):
(n.) The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Archetype'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/archetype.html. 1828.