Definitions
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- n. Property.
- n. Personal belongings; possessions.
- n. A characteristic; quality; attribute; trait.
- n. Ownership; possession.
- n. Control of one's self; self-mastery.
Etymologies
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From own + -dom, a loan-translation of German Eigentum ("property"), from eigen ("own") + -tum ("-dom"). More at own, -dom.
Examples
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The Er-eignung makes man the property Eigentum, lit. 'owndom' of beyng.
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