SIMPLIC'ITY, noun [Latin 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, etc. 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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