Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ectype \Ec"type\, n. [Cf. F. ectype. See {Ectypal}.]
   1. (Classical Arch[ae]ol.)
      (a) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work.
          Hence:
      (b) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in
          bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

   2. A copy from an original; a type of something that has
      previously existed.

            Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the
            ancient prophets.                     --Eng. Cyc. .