Word Meanings - ADUMBRATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The shadow or outlines of a figure. (more info) 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. 2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADUMBRATION)

• Prefiguration
• Type
• adumbration

Related words: (words related to ADUMBRATION)

• PREFIGURATION
  The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris.
• ADUMBRATION
  The shadow or outlines of a figure. (more info) 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. 2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.