uniformity

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being uniform.

   “The buildings are all of brick, of a goodly heigth, and an excellent vniformity in moſt of the ſtreets, the toppes riſing vvith battlements.”

   “It remaines, that I collect as vvell as I can, thoſe memorials vvhich I find of this expedition ſcattered in diuers places: a vvorke neceſſarie, for that the greatneſſe of this action vvas ſuch, as ought not to bee omitted in a generall Hiſtorie; yet not eaſie, the conſent of thoſe that haue vvritten thereof, being nothing neare to vniformitie.”

   “Houſes are built to Liue in, and not to Looke on: Therefore let Vſe bee preferred before Vniformitie; Except vvhere both may be had.”

   “[T]his diſtinction of Honour vvill bring forth a ſeemly and gracefull Uniformity over all the Kingdome.”

   “Uniformity alſo much pleaſeth the eye; and 'tis obſerved that free-ſtone, like a fair complexion, ſooneſt vvaxeth old, vvhileſt brick keeps her beauty longeſt.”

2. (uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being uniform.

   “The uniformity of the decor”

   “Brown was the first livery selected for the company by Brunel nearly 108 years ago, and it continued until October, 1864, when the Directors decided that, to relieve the uniformity, carriages of all classes should be painted white from the waist upwards.”

   “There is no uniformity: clay-and-straw cob walls and thatch roofs stand happily next to brick and tile, timber and stone.”

3. (uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being uniform.
4. (uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being uniform.

   “It must be granted at once, to the advocates of this geological uniformity, that we are not arbitrarily to assume the existence of catastrophes. The degree of uniformity and continuity with which terromotive forces have acted, must be collected, not from any gratuitous hypothesis, but from the facts of the case.”

5. (especially, uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being uniform.

   “Novv, vvhen the father of their Church, vvho gladly vvould heale the ſoare of the daugheer^([sic]) of his people ſoftly and ſleightly, and make the beſt of it, findeth ſo great fault vvith them for their oddes and iarring; vve hope the children haue no great cauſe to vaunt of their vniformitie.”

   “VVhither Mr. [William] Dell is arrived, let his Sermon againſt Reformation, and his Treatiſe againſt Uniformity vvitneſs.”