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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Propriat, -eat, adj. [? L. propriāt-us p.p. of propriāre to make one's own, f. proprius Proper adj., or ? aphetic f. Appropriat(e p.p. Cf. 17th c. Eng. propriate (tithes) appropriated to a religious corporation.] a. Attached or conjoined to an estate or another piece of land. b. Assigned to a particular person; appropriated. —1533–4 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 108.
Allegeand thaim pertinentis of the foyrsaidis landis of Monturpe and propreat be the said perambulation to the samyn —1654 Balmerino 403.
The Session, finding that rowme and place not propriat to any other [etc.]
