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si·mil·i·tude  (s-ml-td, -tyd)

n.

1. Similarity; resemblance. See Synonyms at likeness.

2.

a. One closely resembling another; a counterpart.

b. A perceptible likeness.

3. Archaic A simile, allegory, or parable.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin similitd, from similis, like; see similar.]

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similitude

Noun

Formal likeness; similarity

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	similitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" alikeness, likeness similarity - the quality of being similar comparability, compare, comparison, equivalence - qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" mirror image, reflection, reflexion - a likeness in which left and right are reversed naturalness - the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music" resemblance - similarity in appearance or external or superficial details spitting image - a perfect likeness or counterpart dissimilitude, unlikeness - dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
	2.	similitude - a duplicate copy counterpart, twin duplication, duplicate - a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"