3. (Eccl.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself,
notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
Pro*pri"e*ta*ry, a. [L. proprietarius.] Belonging, or pertaining, to a
proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.
Proprietary articles, manufactured articles which some person or
persons have exclusive right to make and sell. U. S. Statutes.
Pro*pri"e*tor (?), n. [For older proprietary: cf. F. propriÈtarie.] One
who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in
possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.
Pro*pri`e*to"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary;
as, proprietorial rights.
Pro*pri"e*tor*ship (?), n. The state of being proprietor; ownership.
Pro*pri"e*tress (?), n. A female proprietor.
Pro*pri"e*ty (?), n.; pl. Proprieties (#). [F. propriÈtÈ, L.
proprietas, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Property, Proper.] 1.
Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title;
property. [Obs.] "Onles this propriety be exiled." Robynson (More's
Utopia).
So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and
yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to
refresh and supply hers.
Jer. Taylor.
2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality;
peculiarity. [Obs.] Bacon.
We find no mention hereof in ancient zoˆgraphers, . . . who seldom
forget proprieties of such a nature.
Sir T. Browne.
3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an
acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established
principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety
of behavior, language, manners, etc. "The rule of propriety," Locke.
Pro*proc"tor (?), n. [Pref. pro- + proctor.] [Eng. Univ.] A assistant
proctor. Hook.
Props (?), n. pl. A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each
called a prop, are used instead of dice.
||Prop`te*ryg"i*um (?), n.; pl. Propterygia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
||before + &?; a fin.] (Anat.) The anterior of three principal
||cartilages in the fins of some fishes. -- Prop`ter*yg"i*al (#), a.
Pro*pugn" (?), v. t. [L. propugnare; pro for + pugnare to fight.] To
contend for; to defend; to vindicate. [Obs.] Hammond.
Pro*pug"na*cle (?), n. [L. propugnaculum.] A fortress. [Obs.] Howell.
Pro`pug*na"tion (?), n. [L. propugnatio.] Means of defense; defense.
[Obs.] Shak.
Pro*pugn"er (?), n. A defender; a vindicator. "Zealous propugners."
Gov. of Tongue.
Pro`pul*sa"tion (?), n. [L. propulsatio. See Propulse.] The act of
driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Pro*pulse" (?), v. t. [L. propulsare, v. intens. from propellere to
propel. See Propel.] To repel; to drive off or away. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Pro*pul"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. propulsion. See Propel.] 1. The act
driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam
propulsion.