Definition of "plurality" []

• The state or fact of being plural. (noun)
• A large number or amount; a multitude. (noun)
• Ecclesiastical Pluralism. (noun)
• Ecclesiastical The offices or benefices held by a pluralist. (noun)
• In a contest of more than two choices, the number of votes cast for the winning choice if this number is not more than one half of the total votes cast. (noun)

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• "(Ironically though, no one uses the term plurality, but instead a child level explanatory term, "first past the post", as though Canadians need to be talked down to.)"
• "Despite attempts to the contrary, it affirms a God who is diverse and who thrives in plurality, which is transgender (Male Father, Female Spirit and Two-Spirited Son who is a incarnation of God's feminine wisdom) and is immanent, transcendent and personal."
• "But an inability to tell the difference between a majority and a plurality is the least of this guy's problems."