Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prefiguration \Pre*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. praefiguratio.]
   The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.

         A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. --Norris.

Source : WordNet®

prefiguration
     n 1: an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
     2: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing
        beforehand [syn: {foreshadowing}, {adumbration}]