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

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

Not a single forward step in history has ever been taken without numerousness having urged humanity forward.

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

I need not dwell upon the numerousness that is suggested.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander