Similitude

//sɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Similarity or resemblance to something else. uncountable

    "So am I tossed on the ebbing tide of life—now in sunshine, now in shade—seemingly free, yet, in reality, fettered by the strong, though slight chain of circumstance. For a small sum, any passenger may enter that boat and direct its course; and here again is similitude. I am at the beck of others."

  2. 2
    a duplicate copy wordnet
  3. 3
    A way in which two people or things share similitude. countable

    "Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon."

  4. 4
    similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things wordnet
  5. 5
    Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin. countable

    "If I was certain of anything in the world, I was certain that I had seen my brother in the study — nay, more, had touched him, — and equally certain that I had seen his double — his exact similitude, in the garden."

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  1. 6
    A parable or allegory. countable, uncountable

    "And he spake many thynges to them in similitudes, sayinge: Beholde, the sower wentt forth to sowe, And as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side [...]."

  2. 7
    A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances. countable

Etymology

From Old French similitude. By surface analysis, similar + -itude.

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