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.
2.
That which is particular; as:
- Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity.
"An old heathen altar with this particularity." Addison.
- Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
"Even descending to particularities." Sir P. Sidney.
- Something of special or private concern or interest.
Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease!
Shak
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