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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Parallelism

/pĕr'-əl-ĕlˌ-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Par·al·lel·ism · IPA /ˈpaɹəlɛlɪz(ə)m/
01 n. The quality or state of being parallel.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being parallel.
  2. 2.
    Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
    “A close parallelism of thought and incident.” — T. Warton.
  3. 3.
    Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry;
    “At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.” — Judg. v. 27.