The Collaborative International Dictionary
Speciality \Spe`ci*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Specialities. [See Special, and Specialty.]
A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.
--Sir M. Hale.(Law) See Specialty,
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3. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent.
--Hooker.Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality.
--Ld. Lytton.We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man, For that'a his speciality.
--Mrs. Browning.Think of this, sir, . . . remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the specialities -- if I may use that strong remark -- of prejudice.
--Dickens. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
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n. (plural of speciality English)