properness

properness
noun /ˈpɹɒpənəs/
a) The state or condition of being proper; propriety.

Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits [...] betook himself to his beads, and by those means got more honour than ever he should have done with the use of his limbs and properness of person [...].

b) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).

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