unity

Unity is being in harmony or one in spirit.

(noun)

An example of unity is a bride and groom both lighting a single candle at the same time with each of their candles.

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See unity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. unities

  1. the state of being one, or united; oneness; singleness
  2. something complete in itself; single, separate thing
  3. the quality of being one in spirit, sentiment, purpose, etc.; harmony; agreement; concord; uniformity
    1. unification
    2. a unified group or body
  4. the quality or fact of being a totality or whole, esp. a complex that is a union of related parts
    1. an arrangement of parts or material in a work of art or literature, that will produce a single, harmonious effect
    2. a design or effect so produced
  5. constancy, continuity, or fixity of purpose, action, etc.
  6. Math.
    1. any quantity, magnitude, etc. considered or identified as a unit, or 1
    2. the numeral or unit 1

Origin: ME unite < OFr unité < L unitas, oneness < unus, one

See unity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. u·ni·ties
  1. The state or quality of being one; singleness.
  2. The state or quality of being in accord; harmony.
  3. a. The combination or arrangement of parts into a whole; unification.
    b. A combination or union thus formed.
  4. Singleness or constancy of purpose or action; continuity: “In an army you need unity of purpose” (Emmeline Pankhurst).
  5. a. An ordering of all elements in a work of art or literature so that each contributes to a unified aesthetic effect.
    b. The effect thus produced.
  6. One of the three principles of dramatic structure derived by French neoclassicists from Aristotle's Poetics, stating that a drama should have but one plot, which should take place in a single day and be confined to a single locale.
  7. Mathematics
    a. The number 1.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English unite

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin ūnitās

Origin: , from ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots

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