Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Parathesis

Parathesis , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} a putting beside, from {not transcribed} to put beside.]

1.
(Grammar) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
2.
(Rhetoric) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded. — Smart
3.
(Printing) The matter contained within brackets.
4.
(Ecclesiastical) A commendatory prayer. — Shipley