the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Property
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
(2):
(a.) An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
(3):
(a.) The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.
(4):
(a.) That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
(5):
(a.) All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
(6):
(a.) Propriety; correctness.
(7):
(v. t.) To invest which properties, or qualities.
(8):
(v. t.) To make a property of; to appropriate.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Property'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/property.html. 1828.
