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Webster 1913 Edition

Parity

Par′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
paritas
, fr.
par
,
paris
, equal: cf. F.
parité
. See
Pair
,
Peer
an equal.]
1.
The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; a like state or degree; equality; equivalence; close correspondence; analogy;
as,
parity
of reasoning
.
“No parity of principle.”
De Quincey.
Equality of length and
parity
of numeration.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parity

PAR'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. par, equal. See Pair and Peer.]
1.
Equality; as parity of reason.
2.
Equality; like state or degree; as a parity of orders or persons.

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