particulari

n. [ Cf. F. particularisme. ] 1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. particulariste. ] One who holds to particularism. -- Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic, a. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Particularities [ Cf. F. particularité. ] 1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of particularizing. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Particularized p. pr. & vb. n. Particularizing ] [ Cf. F. particulariser. ] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. [ Also spelled particularise. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative. [ 1913 Webster ]