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# unity

noun (unity; plural unities is rare)

«unity» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Being joined together as one, or people agreeing and working together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#m1)
2. (maths) The number one; «unity» is an old word for 1. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#m2)
3. (church) Christians pray for the unity of the church, meaning all believers together as one family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and on the news unity means a team, family or country standing together. In maths, very old or advanced books say «unity» for 1. In church life it links to ecumenism, when different churches work together. Phrases: «in unity», «national unity», «a show of unity», «unity is strength».

### Examples

- The team showed real unity in the final. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x1)
- Unity is strength: together we can do more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x2)
- The country needed unity after the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x3)
- The churches held a service for Christian unity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x4)
- The class flag was a sign of our unity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x5)
- In old maths books, unity means the number one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x6)
- There was no unity in the group; everyone wanted something different. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x7)
- In the Kalevala, when Lemmenkaeinen has been torn to pieces, his mother collects his scattered remains, and by a dexterous synthetical operation restores him to physical unity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x8)

### Note

Usually uncountable. Adjective: united; verb: unite. Do not confuse with «uniformity», which means everything is the same; unity can include different people working together.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah this means the oneness of God and the way thought, speech and action are joined as one in Him.

**Interpretation.** Jewish tradition holds that God is One and has no parts. The commentator here reads God's thinking, speaking and writing as a single act.

### Examples

- can only be again a unity. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unity/#x1)
- and its reduction to writing, form a unity which produce a creative effect. 1 (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unity/#x2)
- Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unity/#x3)
- Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! (Writings PSA.133.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unity/#x4)

### Note

Usually uncountable. Adjective: united; verb: unite. Do not confuse with «uniformity», which means everything is the same; unity can include different people working together.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unity.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «unity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unity.html) on Mova free.