noun

• (countable)
• A particular thing.
• A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity.
• (obsolete) A particular case or matter.
• (uncountable)
• The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.
• (Christianity, theology) The doctrine of the incarnation of God as Jesus occurring at a particular place and time.
• (Christianity, Judaism, theology, obsolete) Synonym of particularism (“the principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation”)
• Attention to detail; fastidiousness.
• (obsolete)
• The condition of being special; peculiarity, specialness.
• The condition of being special in an unexpected way; oddness, strangeness; (countable) an instance of this.
• The paying of particular close attention to someone; (countable) an instance of this.