particularities

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease!— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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