2. Noun. The customs associated with polite society ¹
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Definition of Proprieties
1. propriety [n] - See also: propriety
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proprieties
Literary usage of Proprieties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"proprieties. 1257-1279. 1697-1776. Original Papers relating to the Proprietary
... Formerly BT proprieties 36.) 1299-1300. 1766-1776. Entry Books. ..."
2. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"proprieties. 1257-1279. 1697-1776. Original Papers relating to the Proprietary
... Formerly BT proprieties 36.) 1299-1300. 1766-1776. Entry Books. ..."
3. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1904)
"proprieties, 25. pp. 40-42.] 700. Council of Trade and Plantations to the Governor
and Company of Rhode Island. To the same effect as the letter of same ..."
4. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1848)
"Tlic proprieties of Life. STANZA THE VEILED I, r l> . ... ON THE proprieties OF
LIFE. MUCH has been written and more said upon the subject of Powers' statue ..."
5. At Home and Abroad: Or, How to Behave by Cornelia Holroyd Bradley Richards (1853)
"proprieties OF DRESS. I HAVE referred to the dress proper for the street. I will
give now a few hints to those young girls who are becoming large enough and ..."
6. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Experiment solitary touching secret proprieties. 999. I WOULD have men know, that
though I reprehend the easy passing over the causes of things, ..."
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