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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

typicus

, Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] type: cf. F.

typique

. See

Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.

The Levitical priesthood was only

typical

of the Christian.

Atterbury.

(Nat. Hist.)

Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group;

as, a

typical

genus

–

Typ′ic-al-ly

adv.

–

Typ′ic-al-ness

Noun.