Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PLU-RAL'I-TY, n. [Fr. pluralité, from L. pluralis.]

1. A number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of gods; a plurality of worlds. – Encyc.
2. A state of being or having a greater number.
3. In elections, a plurality of votes is when one candidate has more votes than any other, but less than half of the whole number of votes given. It is thus distinguished from a majority, which is more than half of the whole number.
4. Plurality of benefices, is where the same clerk is possessed of more benefices than one, with cure of souls. In this case, each benefice thus held is called a plurality.