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Definition of 'parathesis'

English

Noun

(paratheses)
  • (grammar) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
  • (rhetoric) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
  • (Smart)
  • (printing) The matter contained within brackets.
  • (religion) A commendatory prayer.
  • (Shipley)
    (Webster 1913)

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