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Unity
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.
(2):
(n.) Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
(3):
(n.) Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.
(4):
(n.) Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.
(5):
(n.) The state of being one; oneness.
(6):
(n.) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Unity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/u/unity.html. 1828.
