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archetypal
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archetypal, a.
Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. Gudworth. [1913 Webster]
" Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation." [1913 Webster]
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