Epanadiplosis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epanadiplosis \Ep*an`a*di*plo"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; 'epi` + ?
     to make double.] (Rhet.)
     A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning
     and at the end of a sentence; as, "Rejoice in the Lord
     always: and again I say, Rejoice." --Phil. iv. 4.
     [1913 Webster]