\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.