Noun
The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority.
See Plurality of benefices, below.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThis is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth. Brigham Young
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality. Irving Babbitt
To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. Ma Jian
Plurality is never to be posited without necessity. William of Ockham
Their is one advantage in a plurality of wifes; tha fite each other, insted ov their husbands. Josh Billings
Relativity is inherently convergent, though convergent toward a plurality of centers of abstract truths. Buckminster Fuller