Spe′ci‐al″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Specialities (#). [See Special, and Specialty.] 1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. Sir M. Hale.
2. (Law) See Specialty, 3.
3. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker.
Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. Ld. Lytton.
We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man, -
For that'a his speciality. Mrs. Browning.
Think of this, sir,... remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the specialities — if I may use that strong remark — of prejudice. Dickens.
4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.