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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