proprium
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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 ( def. ), idio ( def. )
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For as a Nomen proprium is equivalent to a noun with the article, it can never stand in the stat. constr. with another noun.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
“It is the proprium of art,” according to the same system, “to create and beget,” and the reasoning proceeds—Nature creates and begets, therefore Nature is an artist or Demiurgus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Educability—an example of the proprium in mediæval text-books—is common to men, and results from man's essential constitution; but it is not peculiar; other animals are educable.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
No man, I said, has any proprium as the word is commonly understood.
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by Wunsch, William F.
Consequently man does not know but that he is steadily in his own, for his freedom and his proprium make one.
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by Wunsch, William F.
This usually happens in a part of our gut called the lamina propria.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
Atarashi, K. & Honda, K. Analysis of murine lamina propria TH17 cells.
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
The endometrium contains a connective tissue lining, the lamina propria, which is covered by epithelial tissue that lines the lumen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The stratum basalis layer is part of the lamina propria and is adjacent to the myometrium; this layer does not shed during menses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Very early, they taught me the propria way of eating como los ricos.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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