similitude
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
similitude /sɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
▶noun
- 1 the quality or state of being similar.
- 2 archaic a comparison between two things.
- 3 archaic a person or thing resembling another.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. similitudo, from similis ‘like’.
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