n. pl. pro·pri·a (-prē-ə) In Aristotelian thought, a predicable property common to all members of a kind but not constituting part of the definition of that kind. [Medieval Latin, from neuter of Latin proprius, proper (to) (translation of Greek idion); see per1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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