proprietrix (proprietriks)

[Fem. of pro prietor.] A proprietre . propriety (pro-pri'e-ti), n.; pl. proprieties (-tiz). [ E. property ), F. propriété = Pr. Sp. propiedad = Pg.propriedade =It. proprietà, his life? 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 , Works (ed. 1835), I. 710. The reasons annexed to the second commandment are God's sovereignty over us, his propriety in us, and the zeal he hath to his own worship. Shorter Catechism, ans. to qu. 52. Pen sylvan i a. The Propriety and Goverment of this Country was given by King Charles II. to William Pen, Esq. Hist ., Geog ., etc., Dict ., ed. Collier, 2d ed. (1701). 2t. That which is proper or peculiar; property; peculiarity. Man did give names unto other creatures in Paradise, as they were brought before him, according unto their pro prieties. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. A court which, if you will give me leave to use a term of logick, is only an adjunct, not a propriety of happine , Dryden, Aurengzebe, Ded. 3t. An estate; a holding. The splitting the colony into proprieties , contrary to the original charters. Beverley , Virginia, i. 92. 4. Suitablene to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitne ; justne ; correctne . Propriety's cold, cautious rules Warm Fervour may o'erlook. Burns , Apologetic, to Mrs. Lawrie. Mi Temple had always something of serenity in her air, of state in her mien, of refined propriety in her language. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, viii. After all his [Daniel Webster's] talents have been described, there remains that perfect propriety which animated all the details of the action or speech with the character of the whole, so that his beauties of detail are endle . Emerson , Fugitive Slave Law. 5†. Individuality; particular or proper state. Alas! it is the basene of thy fear That makes thee strangle thy propriety [i. e., makes thee disavow thyself]. Shak ., T. N., v. 1. 150. Silence that dreadful bell: it frights the isle From her propriety [i. c., out of herselfl. Shak., Othello, ii. 3. 176. The proprieties, the standards of conduct and behavior adopted and approved by society; conventional customs. =Syn. 4. Precision, etc. (see purity ); appropriatene , seemline .