Particularities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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.
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                  Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
                  Particularities and petty sounds
                  To cease!                         --Shak.
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