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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
Fatty Arbuckle

Meaning of "the proprieties" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE PROPRIETIES

the proprieties play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE PROPRIETIES

the police
the Potteries
the powers that be
the pox
the Preacher
the Precambrian
the present
the press
the price of someone
the Prime Mover
the primrose path
the principle of economy
the prize ring
the Prophet
the Proteas
the provinces
the pulpit
the Purification of the Virgin Mary
the purple
the push

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE PROPRIETIES

activities
anxieties
contrarieties
dubieties
entireties
gaieties
impieties
improprieties
moieties
naiveties
naughty nineties
niceties
nineties
pieties
proprieties
safeties
societies
subtleties
sureties
the naughty nineties
varieties

Synonyms and antonyms of the proprieties in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THE PROPRIETIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «the proprieties» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of the proprieties

Translation of «the proprieties» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE PROPRIETIES

Find out the translation of the proprieties to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the proprieties from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the proprieties» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

礼节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

las propiedades
570 millions of speakers

English

the proprieties
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

proprieties
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في الآداب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приличия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

as propriedades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মালিকানাধীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les propriétés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tuan punya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Anstands
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

作法
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing proprieties
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

các proprieties
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உரிமையாளர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोकशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mülkler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le proprietà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na właściwościach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пристойності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proprietățile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι proprieties
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die fatsoenlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

de proprieties
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

de proprieties
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the proprieties

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE PROPRIETIES»

The term «the proprieties» is normally little used and occupies the 131.341 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE PROPRIETIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the proprieties» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the proprieties» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the proprieties

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QUOTES WITH «THE PROPRIETIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the proprieties.
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Fatty Arbuckle
I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE PROPRIETIES»

Discover the use of the proprieties in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the proprieties and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Major Aspects of Chinese Religion and Philosophy: Dao of ...
Yet, the proprieties specific to Confucius or his followers were the proprieties of Duke Zhou (the young brother of King Zhou and also a regent king to the baby heir of Zhou Empire), which were designated for his political administration, leaving ...
Chun Shan, 2012
2
Christology After Chalcedon: Severus of Antioch and Sergius ...
... against the Changers of Ousiai will supply one with two natures, not just two proprieties. But there is a second objection to it. The affirmation that the proprieties of God and of flesh persist after the union is contradicted by the Biblical facts.
Iain Torrance, 1998
3
Values, Education and the Adult (International Library of ...
In Chapter 7 of the present book we shall examine the particular ways in which the educational processes engaged in by mature men and women call for a special recognition of the proprieties governing all education properly so called. Here ...
R.W.K. Paterson, 2010
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Moral Leadership in Medicine: Building Ethical Healthcare ...
Evidently, these priorities will sometimes conflict with one another. Understanding that the proprieties make contradictory demands on leadership behaviour, and that they will inevitably do so, makes managing the tension very much easier.
Suzanne Shale, 2011
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Girolamo Zanchi, De Religione Christiana Fides – Confession ...
APPENDIX TO THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER Nothing can be said more cleare for the declaration of the question concerning the reall communication of the proprieties. For, first, he teacheth that the proprieties of the one nature are so proper ...
Girolamo Zanchi, Luca Baschera, Christian Moser, 2007
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Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment
3.3 Proprieties The proprieties of PHBs are comparable to conventional plastics ( polypropylene). They are natural biopolymers which are 100% resistant to water and moisture, thermoplastic and 100% biodegradable (Hrabak, 1992). However  ...
Rao Y. Surampalli, K. D. Tyagi, 2004
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The Atlantic
In a few swifl words she unfolded her design. “And now, Benjamin, don't, pray, let your sentiment get the better of you, in regard to this French girl. Think of the proprieties in the case, Benjamin,-— the proprieties,”—which she enforced by a little ...
‎1866
8
The Atlantic Monthly
In a few swift words she unfolded her design. " And now, Benjamin, don't, pray, let your sentiment get the better of you, in regard to this French girl. Think of the proprieties in the case, Benjamin, — the proprieties," — which she enforced by a  ...
‎1866
9
Books for Women
A stiff commissariat officer of sixty, famous as a martinet, had then become enamoured of the gravity with which she drove the proprieties fourinhand through the cathedral town society, and had solicited to be taken beside her on the box of the ...
ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited, Various, 2012
10
The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit
A stiff commissariat officer of sixty, famous as a martinet, had then become enamoured of the gravity with which she drove the proprieties four-in-hand through the cathedral town society, and had solicited to be taken beside her on the box of ...
Charles Dickens, 2009

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE PROPRIETIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the proprieties is used in the context of the following news items.
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About Elly: When Beachside Matchmaking Goes Very Wrong
The proprieties of marriage, courtship, and divorce cloud what begins as a cheerful weekend on the shore of the Caspian Sea. There are three married couples, ... «Seattle Weekly, May 15»
2
The English and Their History review – 'a book of resounding …
In this vigorous, subtle and penetrating book, Tombs defies the proprieties of our politically motivated national history curriculum to rethink and revise notions of ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
3
Nepal to freeze assets of Dawood Ibrahim, Al Qaeda-linked suspects
... resolution and recommendation made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we have asked the concerned government authorities to freeze the proprieties or bank ... «Daily News & Analysis, Sep 13»
4
Tarantino's Hollow Violence
There is a gross disconnect between the proprieties of movie criticism and the assumption behind Tarantino's work, which is that horrendous violence is casual, ... «Daily Beast, Aug 09»
5
The Newly Uptight
Mrs. Loel Guinness and Mrs. Winston Guest, left, upheld the proprieties of the 1950s with rigorously simple sheaths. Fashions from the recent pre-fall shows ... «New York Times, Jan 08»

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