proˈprietory, n. and a.
[erron. or var. f. proprietary, going with the anomalous proprietor.]
A. n.
† 1. = proprietary A. 1, 4. Obs.
| 1643 Prynne Sov. Power Parl. App. 168 If the king be not the proprietorie of the Realme. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. iii. 102 The King of Golconda..is proprietory of all the Lands in his Kingdom. 1764 Answ. to Queries on Proprietary Govt. Maryland 4 The Lord-proprietory (who is hereditary governor) or his lieutenant-governor. |
2. = proprietary A. 5.
| 1802 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 267/2 This correspondence gave great uneasiness to the proprietory. 1869 Daily News 30 July, It is in the neighbourhood of a rich proprietory and large towns. |
B. adj. = proprietary B.
| 1633 Sir J. Burroughs Sov. Brit. Seas (1651) 105 By the common Law of the land the King is proprietory Lord of our seas. 1706 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) VI. 16 [A bill] for better regulation of charter and proprietory government in America. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 615 An exclusive diet of one or other of the proprietory preserved foods. |