Specialities

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

  Speciality \Spe`ci*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Specialities}. [See
     {Special}, and {Specialty}.]
     1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. --Sir M.
        Hale.
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     2. (Law) See {Specialty}, 3.
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     3. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person
        or thing; that for which a person is specially
        distinguished; an object of special attention; a special
        occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
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              On these two general heads all other specialities
              are depedent.                         --Hooker.
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              Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich
              your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that
              you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which
              is the characteristic of every one who cultivates
              his speciality.                       --Ld. Lytton.
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              We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man,
              
              For that'a his speciality.            --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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              Think of this, sir, . . . remote from the impulses
              of passion, and apart from the specialities -- if I
              may use that strong remark -- of prejudice.
                                                    --Dickens.
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     4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
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