Meaning of noun substantive proper | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of proper noun.

archaic

Examples

“Q. What is a Noun Substantive Proper? A. That which is proper to the thing which it betokeneth. Q. Give⟳ an Example of a Noun Substantive Proper. A. Eduardus is my proper Name⟳.”

“The Name⟳ of any Thing or Being, or any Word in English, which will admit⟳ of a, an or the, before it, so as without any other Word to make⟳ Sense⟳, is a Noun Substantive; if it is common to all of that Kind, it is a Noun Substantive Common; as Homo a Man, Angelus an Angel; but if it is proper to one, or to some of that Kind, it is a Noun Substantive proper, as Joannes, Gabriel.”

“Whether is lignorum a noun substantive proper, or a noun substantive common? Lignorum is a noun substantive common because it is common to more sticks than one.”

“A noun substantive proper is the name⟳ of some particular person, place⟳, or thing: as Thomas is my proper name⟳.”

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