- A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little
bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust. - Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as,
he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue. - A crumb or little piece of concecrated host. - The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the
laity. - A subordinate word that is never inflected (a
preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used
except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.
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