Definition for PAR-TIC-U-LAR'I-TY

PAR-TIC-U-LAR'I-TY, n.

  1. Distinct notice or specification of particulars. Even descending to particularities, what kingdoms he should overcome. – Sidney.
  2. Singleness; individuality; single act; single case. – Hooker.
  3. Petty account; minute incident. To see the titles that were most agreeable to such an emperor … with the like particularities. – Addison.
  4. Something belonging to single persons. – Shak.
  5. Something peculiar or singular. I saw an old heathen altar with this particularity, that it was hollowed like a dish at one end, but not the end on which the sacrifice was laid. – Addison.
  6. Minuteness in detail. He related the story with great particularity.

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