[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The character or quality of being typical; esp. symbolic character.

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1633.  Ames, Agst. Cerem., I. 24. All Interpreters terme the types of the ould law ceremonies; for that spiritual disposition they have, and typicalnes which the Lord set upon them.

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1649.  Roberts, Clavis Bibl., 560. His Typicalnesse herein remarkable; for Ionas was a singular type of Iesus Christ.

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1865.  Lit. Churchman, 21 Oct., 443. Typicalness is a matter of the interior nature.

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1903.  A. B. Davidson, O. Test. Proph., xiv. 238. The Divine design is no part of their typicalness.

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