verity

1 conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities" [syn: truth, the true] [ant: falsity]

2 an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

see Verity

English

Noun

verity (plural verities)

1. truth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth

Quotations

• 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 2

  [...] but in the verity of extolment

  I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion

  of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of

  him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would

  trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.

Verity is a very common name.

Verity can refer to:

• A synonym of truth
• Verity Records, a music label
• Verity Investments, Incorporated. - an investment company located in North Carolina
• Verity - a software company located in Sweden. http://www.verity.se
• Verity - a charity dedicated to PCOS polycystic ovary syndrome http://www.verity-pcos.org.uk/

Persons

verity mansonVerity is also a surname or given name that is especially associated with parts of Yorkshire and the North of England. The name Verity may refer to:

• Anthony Verity, an educationalist and classical scholar
• Hedley Verity, the late English cricketer
• John Verity, the English guitarist
• Ruggero Verity, the late Italian physician
• William Verity, Jr., the late American businessman and government official
• Verity Charlton, the Australian actress
• Verity Lambert, the late English television producer
• Verity Price, the South African singer/songwriter
• Verity Rushworth, the English actress
• Verity Sharp, the English broadcast radio personality
• Verity White, the Australian broadcast radio personality
• Verity Longley, the British entrepreneur and artist.
• Verity, a fictional character in the James Bond film Die Another Day, portrayed by Madonna
• Verity, a fictional character in Harry Potter series
• Verity, a fictional character in Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy.
• Verity Coomer, A New Zealand based Television Production Manager

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