Definition for MUL-TI-PLIC'I-TY

MUL-TI-PLIC'I-TY, n. [Fr. multiplicité, from L. multiplex.]

  1. A state of being many; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.
  2. Many of the same kind. The pagans of antiquity had a multiplicity of deities.

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