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dissimilitude

[dis-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood] / ˌdɪs sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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In another way by dissimilitude; as power is appropriated to the Father, as Augustine says, because fathers by reason of old age are sometimes feeble; lest anything of the kind be imagined of God.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The mountaineers then become a distinct nation, cut off by dissimilitude of speech from conversation with their neighbours. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

On this voluntary recollection of ideas our faculty of reason depends, as it enables us to acquire an idea of the dissimilitude of any two ideas.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Thus equality and likeness in God have reference to the essence; nor can there be inequality or dissimilitude arising from the distinction of the relations.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

It only appertains to those conversant with their relations of dissimilitude or conformity to appreciate the possibility of realizing this system.

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)




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