similitudes

• As to his art-forms, he is guilty of great offences, the result of the same passion for lawless figures and similitudes which Dr. Donne so freely indulged. —  England's Antiphon
• In fact we are told that “without a parable spake he not unto them.” It is from this that so many similitudes, and metaphors, and figures of speech are found in the New Testament. —  Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary
• This is in contrast to the parables which Snodgrass calls "similitudes" -- The Sower, —  The Busybody
• Though wicked men will desire to “die the death of the righteous,” yet it is no more possible they can meet in the end, than hell and heaven can reconcile together, because they walk to two contrary points Sermon XIX Verse 6.—“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace It is true, this time is short, and so short that scarce can similitudes or comparisons be had to shadow it out unto us. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
• In reality, similitudes, which, though not explicitly couched in the terms of fictitious narrative, suggest and furnish the materials for such narrative, are abundant." —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern

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