Obs. rare. [COUNTER- 8: it answers to Gr. ἀντίτυπος image, ANTITYPE.] A figure or type corresponding to something else.
1561. Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573), 77 b. These thynges … be not to be taken corporally, but spiritually as counterfigures of other things.
1574. trans. Marlorat’s Apocalips, 113. Howbeit through that happinesse as it were in a counterfigure, the prophet had further foresight.
