verity
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
verity/ˈverəti/
▶noun (pl. verities) a true principle or belief, especially one of fundamental importance: the eternal verities.
■ the quality of being true; truth.
– origin ME: from OFr. verite, from L. veritas, from verus ‘true’.
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