proprium
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propria
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noun
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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)”; see proper ( def. ), idio ( def. )
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This proprium is self-love and the accompanying love of the world, or it is love of the world and the accompanying self-love.
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by William F. Wunsch
The principal mistake in it is this, that it has been overlooked that the Prophet here expresses the nature of the Messiah and of His time in the form of a nomen proprium.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
The man who has become spiritual by acknowledgment of God, and wise by rejection of the proprium, sees divine providence in the world as a whole and in each and all things in it.
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by William F. Wunsch
This is not the proprium that is meant, however, for it is only descriptive of the nature of man.
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by William F. Wunsch
That man cooks his food is probably a genuine proprium.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
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
Enteroendocrine cells—Finally, enteroendocrine cells found in the gastric glands secrete various hormones into the interstitial fluid of the lamina propria.
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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