(y′nə·tē) noun plural ·ties
1. The state, property, or product of being united, physically, socially, or morally; oneness: opposed to division, plurality.
2. Union, as of constituent parts or elements: national unity.
3. Agreement of parts; harmonious adjustment of constituent elements; sameness of character: the unity of two writings.
4. The fact of something's being a whole that is more than or different from its parts or their sum.
5. Singleness of purpose or action.
6. A state of general good feeling; mutual understanding; concord: brethren dwelling together in unity.
7. Math. a The number one; the ratio of two equal quantities. b The element of a number system that leaves any number unchanged under multiplication, that is, a number e such that ex = xe = x for all x.
8. In literature and the arts, combination into a homogeneous artistic whole, exhibiting oneness of purpose, thought, spirit, and style, with subordination of all parts to the general effect.
9. In the drama, observance, complete or partial, of the law of dramatic unities.
10. Identity. See synonyms under HARMONY, UNION.
—the law of dramatic unities The law of Aristole that in a drama there must be unity of action, unity of time, and unity of place. These unities were strictly observed by the French classical dramatists of the 17th century, but were violated by Shakespeare and certain of the German playwrights. [<F unité <L unitas <unus one]

(y′nə·tē) noun
A religious philosophy, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, stating that man is inseparable from the spirit of God within him, and that through prayerful realization of this spirit he can obtain healing of all life's inharmonies in mind, body, etc.: founded in 1889.