proprium

American  

[proh-pree-uhm] / ˈproʊ pri əm /

noun

Logic.

plural

propria

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

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proprium British  

/ ˈprəʊprɪəm /

noun

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

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Etymology

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)”; proper ( def. ), idio ( def. )

Example Sentences

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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In qualibet ecclesia nominandum esse patronum seu titularem proprium ejusdem ecclesiae.

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Related Words

• aspect
• attribute
• component
• essence
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• temperament
• tendency
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