proprieties

Noun

propriety (countable and uncountable, plural proprieties)

1. (obsolete) The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.

   Synonyms:

   peculiarity, specialty, individuality, particularity, singularity, specificity, specificness

2. (obsolete) A characteristic; an attribute.

   Synonyms:

   trait, quality, race, attribute, characteristic, designation, vein, distinctiveness, feature, hallmark

3. (archaic) A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property.
4. (obsolete) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.
   • I was fearful of giving You a very sensible Disgust, in making You seem the Propriety of one Man, when You know Yourself ordained for the Comfort and Refreshment of Multitudes.1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury

   Synonyms:

   belongings, property, aught, owndom, possession

5. The fact of possessing something; ownership.
   • This ſweet word, I will be your God, implies, 1. Propriety, that all that is in God ſhall be ours; his love ours, his Spirit ours, his mercy ours.1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 49

   Synonyms:

   possession, proprietorship, owndom, ownership

6. (archaic) Correct language or pronunciation.
   • Thoſe who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepoſtor for Prepoſitor and Conſtur for Conſtrue[…]1791, John Walker, “Construe”, in A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 162

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