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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