Barbarities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Barbarities}. [From
     {Barbarous}.]
     1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
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     2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.


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              Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
              have shocked the very Moslem.         --Macaulay.
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     3. A barbarous or cruel act.
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     4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift.
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