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Speciality \Spe`ci*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Specialities}. [See
{Special}, and {Specialty}.]
1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. --Sir M.
Hale.
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2. (Law) See {Specialty}, 3.
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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.
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On these two general heads all other specialities
are depedent. --Hooker.
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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.
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We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man,

For that'a his speciality. --Mrs.
Browning.
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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.
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4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
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