Ū/ni-fōrm'i-ty, n.
n. [Lat. uniformitas, Fr. uniformité, Pr. uniformitat, Sp. uniformidad, Pg. uniformidade, It. uniformità.]
Sense 1. The quality of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem.
Sense 2. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.
Sense 3. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of man's opinions.
Sense 4. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.
Sense 5. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
Act of Uniformity (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament, passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Church of England.