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† similiˈtudinary, a., adv., and n. Obs.
[ad. med.L. similitūdinārius (also -āriē adv.), f. similitūdo: cf. Sp. and Pg. similitudinario.]
A. adv. In figurative language.
B. n. A thing resembling another.
C. adj. Of the nature of a similitude or figure; expressing comparison or likeness; symbolic.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 33 Kepenge silence or spekenge similitudinary [L. ænigmatice] where eny thynge of the Trinite was in theire werke. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. F iij b, There be{ddd}iij. in the rumpe which be nat very spondyles, but symylytudynaries, & as vycares. 1581Mulcaster Positions xli. (1887) 242 In their similitudinarie applications. 1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. ii. 107 Sacramentall signes are similitudinary. 1642T. Goodwin Heart of Christ 111 This..is not wholly to be understood in a metaphoricall or a similitudinary sense. 1680Dr. Potter Christophalg. 44 (T.), Our Saviour chose this similitudinary way to express our union with himself. |