Bible Dictionary: Propriety

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Appropriateness; suitableness to established standards and principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc.

2. (n.) Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.

3. (n.) That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.

Greek

5368. phileo -- to love
... feeling; while agapao is wider, embracing especially the judgment and the deliberate
assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty and propriety: the two ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5368.htm - 8k

Library

What is Contrary to this Predestination Can Not, with Propriety...
... THESIS 14 What is contrary to this predestination can not, with propriety�
What is contrary to this predestination can not, with ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 3/thesis 14 what is contrary.htm

On Reflection and Passion, and on Observing Propriety of Speech...
... by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. Book I. Chapter XXII. On reflection and
passion, and on observing propriety of speech� On reflection ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxii on reflection and.htm

Archaisms in the Hymns
... PROPRIETY. Whate'er I have was freely given; Nothing but sin I call my own:
Other propriety disclaim. Thou only art the great I AM. [36]. ...
/.../iii archaisms in the hymns.htm

More Special Advices Touching the Exercise of Affections of Divine ...
... to resign herself), notwithstanding, to recompense this disadvantage, there is in
acts of Resignation far more security and less danger of propriety or self ...
/.../chapter iii more special advices.htm

Conclusion
... I might conclude here, but I am willing to add a few observations on the propriety
and beauty of our Lord's action, and of the Evangelists relations. St. ...
/.../section iii conclusion.htm

The Proper Seat of Charity is the Superior Will...
... Sec. Sec. 5, 6. The securest practice of Divine love is by self-abnegation. Sec.
7. Propriety makes and fills hell; and resignation, heaven. ...
/.../chapter iii the proper seat.htm

Letter xiv. Dress.
... matter. It must be left to the sober judgment of Christians, and a sanctified
conscience will readily discern the bounds of propriety. ...
/.../newcomb/a practical directory for young christian females/letter xiv dress.htm

Religious and Social State.
... It was not as to the propriety of worship in itself, but of the object towards
which it ought to be directed, that the controversy arose. ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/religious and social state 3.htm

Upon the Love of Our Neighbour.
... Therefore the Scripture, not being a book of theory and speculation, but a plain
rule of life for mankind, has with the utmost possible propriety put the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon xii upon the love.htm

Thy Kingdom Come
... has just been said, of the name of God being hallowed and of the rise of the Kingdom
of God, in which event how shall he any longer with propriety pray for ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen on prayer/chapter xv thy kingdom come.htm

Thesaurus

Propriety (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Appropriateness; suitableness to established standards and principles, rules,
or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language ...
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Modesty (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation;
purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action ...
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Correct (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or
propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as ...
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Decency (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The quality of being morally fit, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior;
propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse ...
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Deformity (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity;
gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as ...
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Modest (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful,
or presumptuous; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not ...
/m/modest.htm - 7k

Sin (782 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin
against good manners. 4. (n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. ...
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Unity (9 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor
of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a ...
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Unpresentable (1 Occurrence)
... of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant
honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety; (WEB RSV NIV ...
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Justify (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to
maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. ...
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Bible Concordance

Propriety (3 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 12:23 Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;
(WEB)

1 Timothy 2:9 In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;
(WEB NIV)

1 Timothy 2:15 but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Propriety

Related Terms

Modesty (4 Occurrences)

Correct (14 Occurrences)

Decency (1 Occurrence)

Deformity (2 Occurrences)

Modest (2 Occurrences)

Sin (782 Occurrences)

Unity (9 Occurrences)

Unpresentable (1 Occurrence)