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ultimity Now rare.|ʌlˈtɪmɪtɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ity. Cf. med.L. ultimitas.]
1. The final point or ultimate development of an action or thing; the last stage.
1613Bacon Let. to Jas. I, Wks. 1868 XI. x. 369 That those tragical arguments and (as the schoolmen call them) ultimities of persuasions which were used last Parliament should for ever be abolished. 1626― Sylva §838 The Degrees of Alteration, of one Body into another, from Crudity to Perfect Concoction; which is the ultimity of that Action, or Processe. a1706Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. 77 [The Almighty] knows all that does not actually exist, even the ultimities of what can or may be.
2. An ultimate principle or fact.
1898Expositor June 453 In everything appertaining to origins and causes, to ultimities and universalities. |