Word of the day

12/12/2024

Plurality – the fact or state of being plural; a number greater than one; the fact of being numerous; the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority; the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate; more than half of the whole; the majority; a large number of different types of something; the holding by one person of two or more benefices at the same time; pluralism; any of the benefices so held.

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