Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the
second year the very falling down of the seeds
yieldeth corn. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
I took notice of this little figure for the
singularity of the instrument. --Addison.
2. Anything singular, rare, or curious.
Your gallery Have we passed through, not without
much content In many singularities. --Shak.
3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege,
prerogative, or distinction.
No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of
singularity [universal bishop]. --Hooker.
Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition
to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. --Bp.
Pearson.
4. Celibacy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.