equiparation

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātiō, from aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”) +‎ -tiō (noun suffix), from aequus (“equal”) +‎ parō (“place”). Equivalent to equiparate +‎ -ion.

Noun

equiparation (countable and uncountable, plural equiparations)

1. (chiefly historical, law, philosophy) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
   • 1965, Ernst Kantorowicz, The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology, page 216:

     Lucas de Penna, by his quid pro quo method, thus arrived at an equiparation not only of Prince and bishop as the grooms of realm and diocese, but also of Prince and Christ.

   • 1998, Cormac Burke, “Married Personalism and the ‘Good of the Spouses’”, in Angelicum, →JSTOR, page 256:

     One wonders whether such equiparations are sound.  […] Essence and end cannot be identified, and one has to be careful how one connects them.

2. (more generally, rare) Comparison.

Related terms

• equiparable
• equiparate