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.

2.

That which is particular; as:

1. Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity.
   "An old heathen altar with this particularity." Addison.
2. Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
   "Even descending to particularities." Sir P. Sidney.
3. 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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