Usually means: Unique, essential characteristics of individual.
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  1. proprium: Merriam-Webster
  2. proprium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. proprium: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Proprium, proprium: Wordnik
  5. proprium: Wiktionary
  6. proprium: Dictionary.com
  7. Proprium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. proprium: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (proprium)

noun:  (philosophy) A property that applies to all members of a species and only to them, serving to distinguish the species from other species within the same genus, yet is not part of the true definition or the essence of the species.
noun:  (theology) selfhood

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