Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Parallelism

Parallelism , noun

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to place side by side, or parallel: compare French parallélisme.]

1.
The quality or state of being parallel.
2.
Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
A close parallelism of thought and incident. — T. Warton
3.
Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --

At her feet he bowed, he fell:
Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. — Judg. v. 27