"proprium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: propria [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin proprium (“of one's own”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:proprium<t:of one's own>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "of one's own", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "proprium", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "proprium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="proprium"> Borrowed from Latin proprium (“of one's own”). Head templates: {{en-noun|propria}} proprium (plural propria)
  1. (philosophy) A property that applies to all members of a species and only to them, serving to distinguish the species from other species within the same genus, yet is not part of the true definition or the essence of the species.
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  2. (theology) Selfhood.
    Sense id: en-proprium-en-noun-en:theology Categories (other): Theology Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nomen proprium

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