What does "proprietary" mean?
Proprietary: A body proprietors, taken collectively.
Additional senses
- 2.(Eccl.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
- 3.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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