ultimityn.
/ʌlˈtɪmɪti/ Now rare.
1. The final point or ultimate development of an action or thing; the last stage.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > end or completion
endc1000
finishmentc1400
consummation?a1475
final1582
ultimity1613
1613 F. Bacon Let. to James I in Wks. (1868) XI. x. 369 That those tragical arguments and (as the schoolmen call them) ultimities of persuasions which were used last Parliament should for ever be abolished.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §838 The Degrees of Alteration, of one Body into another, from Crudity to Perfect Concoction; which is the ultimity of that Action, or Processe.
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 77 [The Almighty] knows all that does not actually exist, even the ultimities of what can or may be.
2. An ultimate principle or fact.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > basis or fundamental principle
principlea1398
basec1500
principium1550
primordial1610
basisa1616
element1655
radical1656
principe1669
seminiuma1676
ultimate1710
rock beda1853
ultimatum1858
rock-bottom1866
ultimity1898
1898 Expositor June 453 In everything appertaining to origins and causes, to ultimities and universalities.
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