similitude

similitude
/si mil"i toohd', -tyoohd'/, n.
1. likeness; resemblance: a similitude of habits.
2. a person or thing that is like or the match or counterpart of another: This expression is a similitude of the other.
3. semblance; image: a similitude of the truth.
4. a likening or comparison in the form of a simile, parable, or allegory: He spoke by similitudes.
[1325-75; ME < L similitudo likeness, equiv. to simili(s) SIMILAR + -tudo -TUDE]

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