similitude

[ si-mil-i-tood, -tyood ]

/ sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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noun

likeness; resemblance: a similitude of habits.

a person or thing that is like or the match or counterpart of another: This expression is a similitude of the other.

semblance; image: a similitude of the truth.

a likening or comparison in the form of a simile, parable, or allegory: He spoke by similitudes.

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Origin of similitude

1325–75; Middle English < Latin similitūdō likeness, equivalent to simili(s) similar + -tūdō -tude

Related forms

non·si·mil·i·tude, noun

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Examples from the Web for similitude

Even this similitude is not absurd enough to set us rightly forth.
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy|John Ruskin
Let us take notice how the Professor carries out his present similitude.
The Philosophy of Natural Theology|William Jackson
And every night his mother held out to him the symbol in the similitude of the cross, and bade him kiss it ere he went to sleep.
A Little Book of Profitable Tales|Eugene Field
Here, again, was a similitude which bound this present to the past.
The Hated Son|Honore de Balzac

But such comparisons cannot be pursued far without departing from the similitude.
Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2|John Frederick Schroeder

British Dictionary definitions for similitude

similitude

/ (sɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd) /

noun

likeness; similarity

a thing or sometimes a person that is like or the counterpart of another

archaic a simile, allegory, or parable

Word Origin for similitude

C14: from Latin similitūdō, from similis like

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