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Adjective: archetypal  aa(r)-ki'tI-pul
  1. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
    "archetypal patterns";
    - archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical
     
  2. Typical of a particular kind
    "it's an archetypal British pub"

See also: 1st, first

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