propriety

noun proprieties

1. countable, obsolete, uncountable The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.
2. countable, obsolete, uncountable A characteristic; an attribute.
3. archaic, countable, uncountable A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property.
4. countable, obsolete, uncountable More generally, something owned by someone; a possession. I was fearful of giving You a very sensible Disgust, in making You seem the Propriety of one Man, when You know Yourself ordained for the Comfort and Refreshment of Multitudes.
5. countable, uncountable The fact of possessing something; ownership. This ſweet word, I will be your God, implies, 1. Propriety, that all that is in God ſhall be ours; his love ours, his Spirit ours, his mercy ours.
6. archaic, countable, uncountable Correct language or pronunciation. Thoſe who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepoſtor for Prepoſitor and Conſtur for Conſtrue[…]
7. countable, uncountable Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate. I find such a pleasure, sir, in obeying your commands, that I take care to observe them without ever debating their propriety.
8. countable, in plural, often, uncountable Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness. “Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”