||Pa*rath"e*sis (?), n.; pl.
Paratheses (#). [NL., from Gr. ? a putting beside,
from ? to put beside.]
1. (Gram.) The placing of two or more
nouns in the same case; apposition.
2. (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice,
usually of matter to be afterward expanded. Smart.
3. (Print.) The matter contained within
brackets.
4. (Eccl.) A commendatory prayer.
Shipley.