ultimacy

ultimacy
/ul"teuh meuh see/, n., pl. ultimacies.
1. the state or quality of being ultimate.
2. a basic or fundamental quality: to question the ultimacies of one's religious beliefs.
[1835-45; ULTIM(ATE) + -ACY]

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