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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proprietary \Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\, n.; pl. Proprietaries. [L. proprietarius: cf. F. propri['e]taire. See Propriety, and cf. Proprietor.] 1. A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. A body proprietors, taken collectively. [1913 Webster] 3. (Eccl.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession. [1913 Webster]