Property in a sentence

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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Merriam-Webster
— a quality or trait belonging and especially peculiar to an individual or thing
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Macmillan
— things, especially valuable things, that are owned by someone
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