proprium

[ proh-pree-uhm ]

/ ˈproʊ pri əm /

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noun, plural pro·pri·a

[proh-pree-uh]. /ˈproʊ pri ə/. Logic.

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

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Origin of proprium

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)”; see proper, idio

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How to use proprium in a sentence

It will have naught to do with ideas that cannot verify themselves by showing themselves in propria persona.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
Round the completed follicle a very delicate membrana propria folliculi appears to be present.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
Quo nolente, propria ipsius uoluntate puell clanculo eam raptam sociauit sibi.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
Deletis igitur et confusis hostibus, Offa cum ingenti triumpho ac tripudio et gloria reuertitur ad propria.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

Hos globos ad Mathematicas artes promovendas manu propria à se caelatas luculentissime dedicat consacratque Jodocus Hondius ann.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II|Edward Luther Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for proprium

proprium

/ (ˈprəʊprɪəm) /

noun

Also called: property logic obsolete an attribute that is not essential to a species but is common and peculiar to it

Word Origin for proprium

C16: Latin, neuter sing of proprius proper, own

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