1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. pluralities

Find the word definition

What is "pluralities"

Crossword clues for pluralities

pluralities
The Collaborative International Dictionary
pluralities

Plurality \Plu*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. pluralities. [L. pluralitas: cf. F. pluralit['e].]

  1. The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.

  2. The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority.

    Take the plurality of the world, and they are neither wise nor good.
    --L'Estrange.

  3. (Eccl.) See Plurality of benefices, below.

    Plurality of benefices (Eccl.), the possession by one clergyman of more than one benefice or living. Each benefice thus held is called a plurality. [Eng.]

Wiktionary
pluralities

n. (plural of plurality English)

Usage examples of "pluralities".

Throw in a depres­sion for good measure, promise a material heaven here on earth, add a dash of anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism, anti­Negroism, and a good large dósè of anti-”furriners” in general and anti-intellectuals here at home and the result might be something quite frightening—particularly when one recalls that our voting system is such that a minority distributed as pluralities in enough states can constitute a working majority in Washington.