Pro-prí'e-ty, n.

n. [Fr. propriété, Lat. proprietas. See PROPERTY.] 1. Peculiar or exclusive right of possession; ownership; property. [Obs.] 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 her. Bp. Taylor. 2. That which is proper or peculiar; property; peculiarity. [Obs.] We find no mention hereof in ancient geographers, . . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. Browne. 3. Suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; fitness; appropriateness; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; justness; accuracy; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, or the like.