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Pronunciation : Pro*pri"e*ta*ry
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. proprietarius: cf. F. propri?taire. See Propriety, and cf. Proprietor.]
Definition : 1. A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right. Fuller.

2. A body proprietors, taken collectively.

3. (Eccl.)

Defn: A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.

pl. Proprietaries.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pro*pri"e*ta*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. proprietarius.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913