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SIMPLIC'ITY, n. L. simplicitas.

1. Singleness the state of being unmixed or uncompounded as the simplicity of metals or of earths.
2. The state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts as the simplicity of a machine.
3. Artlessness of mind freedom from a propensity to cunning or stratagem freedom from duplicity sincerity. Marquis Dorset, a man for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded.
4. Plainness freedom from artificial ornament as the simplicity of a dress, of style, of language, &c. Simplicity in writing is the first or excellences.
5. Plainness freedom from subtilty or abstruseness as the simplicity of scriptural doctrines or truth.
6. Weakness of intellect silliness. Godly simplicity, in Scriptures, is a fair open profession and practice of evangelical truth, with a single view to obedience and to the glory of God.
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Entry for 'Simplicity'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/simplicity.html.
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