parathesis

1. (grammar) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.Examples: "Both parathesis and suntaxis are constructions but they are never treated as constituents within larger constructions."countableuncountable

2. (rhetoric) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.Examples: "After all his Theses and their Applications, his Correspondent Alpha's and Beta's, his perplex'd Paragraphs, his intricate Paratheses, and his tædious Citations, what Doctrine of the Church of Rome has he establish'd, or what principle of Ours has he disprov'd?"; "The Parathesis distinguisheth and sets aside within two half-squares some word or words , which are to be farther explained"; "Parathesis is a distinctive feature of Otranto 's punctuation, and, like the variable dashes, gives the narrative the air of a playtext."countablerhetoricuncountable

3. (printing) The matter contained within brackets.countableuncountable