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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Speciality  \Spe`ci*al"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Specialities}.  [See 
  {Special},  and  {Specialty}.] 
  1.  A  particular  or  peculiar  case;  a  particularity.  --Sir  M. 
  Hale. 
 
  2.  (Law)  See  {Specialty},  3. 
 
  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. 
 
  4.  An  attribute  or  quality  peculiar  to  a  species. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  speciality 
  n  1:  an  asset  of  special  worth  or  utility;  "cooking  is  his  forte" 
  [syn:  {forte},  {long  suit},  {metier},  {specialty},  {strong 
  point},  {strength}]  [ant:  {weak  point}] 
  2:  a  distinguishing  trait  [syn:  {peculiarity},  {specialness},  {specialty}, 
  {distinctiveness}] 
  3:  the  special  line  of  work  you  have  adopted  as  your  career; 
  "his  specialization  is  gastroenterology"  [syn:  {specialization}, 
  {specialisation},  {specialty},  {specialism}] 




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