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.
© Webster 1913.