praefiguratio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

praefĭgūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [praefiguro],

a prefiguration (late Lat.), Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2; Hier. Ep. 53, 8: legis, Hilar. in Psa. 118, 3, 3.