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Singularity n. (pl. singularities)

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." "I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument."

Anything singular, rare, or curious. "Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content In many singularities."

Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction. "No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity (universal bishop)." "Catholicism... must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation."

Celibacy. (Obs.)

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"Singularity" Quotes from Famous Books

... not attend squire Crabshaw in his retreat. The ludicrous singularity of his features, and the half-mown crop of hair that bristled from one side of his countenance, invited some wags to make merry at his expense; one of them clapped a furze-bush under the tail of Gilbert, who, feeling himself thus ...

— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves • Tobias Smollett

... Huxter saw over the canisters of the tobacco window, and the singularity of the man's behaviour prompted him ...

— The Invisible Man • H. G. Wells

... gate of the choir, Mr. Turbulent brought him to me. We saluted With mutual glee: his comic-serious face and manner have lost nothing of their wonted singularity nor yet have his mind and language, as ...

— The Diary and Letters of Madam D'Arblay Volume 2 • Madame D'Arblay

... being questioned, is immediately on his guard A religion preached by such missionaries must lead to paradise! Aversion to singularity Avoid putting our interests in competition with our duty Catholic must content himself with the decisions of others Disgusted with the idle trifling of a convent Dissembler, though, in fact, I was only courteous Ever appearing to feel as little for others as herself Flattery, or rather ...

— Widger's Quotations from The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau • David Widger

... a stranger is struck with the singularity of the names of many of the women of Lima. A child receives the name of the saint or of the festival whose celebration falls on the day of its birth. Those who happen to come into the world on the days on which the Romish Church celebrates the several ...

— Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests • J. J. von Tschudi

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