01 n. The quality or state of being parallel.
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The quality or state of being parallel.
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Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.“A close parallelism of thought and incident.” — T. Warton.
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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.