Par·tīc'ū·lār'i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. particularité, Sp. particularidad, It. particularità.]

1. The quality of being particular; distinctiveness; specialty; minuteness in detail.
2. That which is particular; as, (a.) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity.

I saw an old heathen altar with this particularity, that it was hollowed like a dish at one end, but not the end on which the sacrifice was laid. Addison. (b.) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. “Even descending to particularities, what kingdoms he should overcome.” Sidney. “To see the titles that were most agreeable to such an emperor . . . with the like particularities.” Addison. (c.) Something of special or private concern or interest. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease. Shak.