Defn: Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.
PARTICULARIST
Par*tic"u*lar*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. particulariste.]
Defn: One who holds to particularism.
— Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic, a.
PARTICULARITY Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty, n.; pl. Particularities. Etym: [Cf. F. particularité.]
1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity." Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. "Even descending to particularities." Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! Shak .
PARTICULARIZATION
Par*tic`u*lar*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of particularizing. Coleridge.
PARTICULARIZE Par*tic"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Particularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Particularizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. particulariser.]
Defn: To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury.