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[Fr. similar ité.] The quality or state of being similar; perfect or partial resemblance; close likene . "The similarity it bore to the spruce." -Cook: Second Voyage , bk. i., ch. iv. a simile or similes. IMG:content-1480.png:[blocks in formation] Church History : 1. A name applied to the Gnostics, from the belief that Simon Magus was their founder. 2. A name of infamy applied to the Nestor i ans, after Simon Magus, the first heretic. ( Shipley .) *si-mō-ni-ous, a . [Eng.simon(y); -ous .] Partaking of simony; given to simony; simoniacal.