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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Locality \Lo*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Localitiees. [L. localitas:
   cf. F. localit['e].]
   1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place,
      or of being contained within definite limits.
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            It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of
            quantity
            and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with
            grosser locality.                     --Glanvill.
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   2. Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical
      place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.
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   3. Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality
      of trial. --Blackstone.
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   4. (Phren.) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability
      to remember the relative positions of places.
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