similitude

n. [ F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar. ] 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us make now man in our image, man
In our similitude. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

If fate some future bard shall join
In sad similitude of griefs to mine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man should wed his similitude. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]