'Singularities' definitions:

Definition of 'Singularities'

From: GCIDE
  • Singularity \Sin`gu*lar"i*ty\ (s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Singularities (s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]z). [L. singularitas: cf. F. singularit['e].]
  • 1. The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity. [1913 Webster]
  • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn. --Sir. W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything singular, rare, or curious. [1913 Webster]
  • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content In many singularities. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction. [1913 Webster]
  • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop]. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. --Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Celibacy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

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