proprium

[ proh-pree-uhm ]

noun

, Logic.

, plural pro·pri·a [proh, -pree-, uh].

1. a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.

proprium

/ ˈprəʊprɪəm /

noun

1. obsolete.
   Also calledproperty logic an attribute that is not essential to a species but is common and peculiar to it

Word History and Origins

Origin of proprium¹

First recorded in 1540–60; from Latin: literally, “special feature, property, possession,” noun use of adjective proprius “one’s own, special,” used to translate Aristotelian tò ídion “characteristic property (of a species)”; proper ( def ), idio ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of proprium¹

C16: Latin, neuter sing of proprius proper, own

Example Sentences

Nisi fortasse elogium, quod nos hactenus judicavimus esse Virgini matri proprium, ad plures transiit, ut dicantur et a partu virgines ... quin insuper, nec alioqui inter illas virgines sunt omnia virginea ... quia plures inveniuntur, quae mores aemulentur Sapphus, quam quae referant ingenium.”

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Muratori says: “In più consili si truova decretato, ‘excommunicatione vel pœnitentiæ biennii esse subjiciendum qui servum proprium sine conscientia judicis occiderit.’

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Deus cui proprium est misereri semper et parcere suscipe deprecationem nostram et quos delictorum cathena constringit misericordia tuæ pietatis absolvas, per Jesum Christum.

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Et ueniet coram justiciariis ad custum suum proprium ...

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In quadragesima autem nullum genus operis faciet ad cibum proprium usque nonam nisi quod herciabit tota die.'

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Related Words

• aspect
• attribute
• component
• essence
• flavor
• nature
• peculiarity
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• symptom
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