Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Particularities (#). [Cf. F.
particularité.] 1. The state or
quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality;
minuteness in detail.
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.
Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease!
Shak.