(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:04:53

Ma*te`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. mat'erialit'e.]

1.

The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.

2.

Importance; as, the materiality of facts.

 

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