Plurality Definition

plo͝o-rălĭ-tē
pluralities
noun
pluralities
The condition of being plural or numerous.
Webster's New World
A great number; multitude.
Webster's New World
Pluralism.
American Heritage
The holding of two or more church benefices at the same time.
Webster's New World
Any of the benefices so held.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:

Other Word Forms of Plurality

Noun

Singular:
plurality
Plural:
pluralities

Origin of Plurality

  • Middle English, from Old French pluralité (“multitude, state of being plural"), from Latin plÅ«rālitās.

    From Wiktionary

Plurality Sentence Examples

  • A majority vote was formerly required, but since the adoption of the tenth amendment (November 28, 1893) a plurality vote has elected.

  • Whether in the earliest days there was a single officer at the head of a congregation, or a plurality of officers of equal authority, it is impossible to say with assurance.

  • Among Oriental nations plurality of legal wives is customary.

  • They possess the principle of individuation in themselves, he teaches, but plurality of individuals is in such a case equivalent to plurality of species (in eis tot sunt species quot sunt individua).

  • In the initial stages of the Apostolic Church it was no doubt sufficient to have a plurality of presbyters with absolutely similar duties and powers.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to plurality using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

PPLPLU

Words Ending With

YTYITY

Unscrambles

plurality

Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

Starts With P & Ends With YStarts With PL & Ends With YStarts With P & Ends With TY

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With Y