[si-mil-i-tood, -tyood] 
| 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. |
| si·mil·i·tude (sĭ-mĭl'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd') n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin similitūdō, from similis, like; see similar.] |
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