a. [f. next + -AL.] Of or pertaining to an ectype; of the nature of an ectype or copy; opposed to archetypal.
1642. R. C., Union of Christ & Ch., 3. Materiall things are but Ectypall Resemblances and Imitations of spirituail things.
a. 1711. Ken, Hymnotheo, Wks. 1721, III. 232. Ectypal Salem here is in their Eye, The Model of Archetypal on high.
1845. Corrie, Theol., in Encycl. Metrop., 857/1. A common division [of Theology] … used to be … 1, Archetypal Theology,… 2, Ectypal,… derived from the former.
