numerousness

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Beyond that, there is the possibility�once just a joke about the numerousness of the Kennedys, now sometimes talked about seriously�that Bobby might try to succeed Jack in the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fame of Sultan Malek rests less upon his qualities in the field or the cabinet, than upon the unexampled numerousness of his offspring.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

FOURTH, A discovery of its inhabitants, their quality and numerousness.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

Yet another source of corruption in legislation is to be found in the mere numerousness of the States themselves.

From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Robinson, Harry Perry

I say, then, that small sins, by reason of their numerousness, have a terrible accumulative power.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander