PROPER

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English propre ~, own, from Anglo-French, from Latin proprius own Date: 14th century 1. referring to one individual only, belonging to one ; own , appointed for the liturgy of a particular day, represented heraldically in natural color, belonging characteristically to a species or individual ; peculiar , good-looking , handsome , very good ; excellent , utter , absolute , strictly limited to a specified thing, place, or idea , 7. strictly accurate ; correct , virtuous , respectable , strictly decorous ; genteel , marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness ; fit , being a mathematical subset (as a subgroup) that does not contain all the elements of the inclusive set from which it is derived, see: fit ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 15th century the parts of the Mass that vary according to the liturgical calendar, the part of a missal or breviary containing the ~ of the Mass and the offices ~ to the holy days of the liturgical year, III. adverb Date: 15th century in a thorough manner ; completely