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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Sym·plo·ce n.  Rhet. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 symploce
      n : repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another
          at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use
          of anaphora and epistrophe