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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Particularities}.
[Cf. F. particularit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness;
circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
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2. That which is particular; as:
(a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic;
peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this
particularity." --Addison.
(b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. "Even
descending to particularities." --Sir P. Sidney.
(c) Something of special or private concern or interest.
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Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease! --Shak.
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