Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Verity

Verity , noun

[French vérité, Latin veritas, from verus true. See Very.]

1.
The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality.
The verity of certain words. — Shakespeare
It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised. — South
2.
That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality.
Mark what I say, which you shall find By every syllable a faithful verity. — Shakespeare