Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Epistrophe

Epistrophe , noun

[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} a turning toward, return, from {not transcribed} to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + {not transcribed} to turn.]

(Rhetoric) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.” — 2 Cor. xi. 22