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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Singularity  \Sin`gu*lar"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Singularities}.  [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. 
 
  Pliny  addeth  this  singularity  to  that  soil,  that  the 
  second  year  the  very  falling  down  of  the  seeds 
  yieldeth  corn.  --Sir.  W. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  I  took  notice  of  this  little  figure  for  the 
  singularity  of  the  instrument.  --Addison. 
 
  2.  Anything  singular,  rare  or  curious. 
 
  Your  gallery  Have  we  passed  through  not  without 
  much  content  In  many  singularities.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Possession  of  a  particular  or  exclusive  privilege, 
  prerogative,  or  distinction. 
 
  No  bishop  of  Rome  ever  took  upon  him  this  name  of 
  singularity  [universal  bishop].  --Hooker. 
 
  Catholicism  .  .  .  must  be  understood  in  opposition 
  to  the  legal  singularity  of  the  Jewish  nation.  --Bp. 
  Pearson. 
 
  4.  Celibacy.  [Obs.]  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  singularity 
  n  1:  the  quality  of  being  one  of  a  kind  "that  singularity 
  distinguished  him  from  all  his  companions"  [syn:  {uniqueness}] 
  2:  strangeness  by  virtue  of  being  remarkable  or  unusual 




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