\Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
   part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
   separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
   particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
         [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like
         quills upon the fretful porpentine.   --Shak.
         Seken in every halk and every herne Particular
         sciences for to lerne.                --Chaucer.
2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
   belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
   personal; peculiar; singular. ``Thine own particular
   wrongs.'' --Shak.
         Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
         juice out of the earth.               --Bacon.
3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
   distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
   as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
   belle of the party.
4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
   circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
   of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
   particular in his dress.
5. (Law)
   (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
       estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
   (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
       --Blackstone.
6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
   extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
   a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
   (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
   negative) Some men are not wise.
{Particular average}. See under {Average}.
{Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
   denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
   particular or individual election and reprobation.
{Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
   thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
   connected with, that particular thing.
{Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
   and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
   number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.
Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
     especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
     circumstantial. See {Minute}.

\Par*tic"u*lar\, n.
1. A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a
   whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or
   item, which may be considered separately; as, the
   particulars of a story.
         Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.
                                               --Bacon.
         It is the greatest interest of particulars to
         advance the good of the community.    --L'Estrange.
2. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character;
   individuality; interest, etc. [Obs.]
         For his particular I'll receive him gladly. --Shak.
         If the particulars of each person be considered.
                                               --Milton.
         Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the
         public . . . or such as concern our particular.
                                               --Whole Duty
                                               of Man.
3. (Law) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; --
   usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute
   account; as, a particular of premises.
         The reader has a particular of the books wherein
         this law was written.                 --Ayliffe.
{Bill of particulars}. See under {Bill}.
{In particular}, specially; peculiarly. ``This, in
   particular, happens to the lungs.'' --Blackmore.
{To go into particulars}, to relate or describe in detail or
   minutely.