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Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.
  2. adj. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
  3. Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. "One archetypal mind." Gudworth. Note: Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation.
  4. Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real orideal) or pattern; original. "One archetypal mind." Gudworth.
  5. j:100 s. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned