Category:Entity

En"ti*ty, n.; pl. Entities. Etym: [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entité. See Essence, Is.]

Defn: A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence. Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality. Shairp. Fortune is no real entity,. . . but a mere relative signification. Bentley.