In singular (chiefly with the). The precise words, terms, or strict verbal interpretation of an utterance, statement, or document; the exact or…

The quality of being proper or appropriate; fitness, fittingness, suitability; the proper use or sense of words. Cf. propriety, n. 5b 6. Obsolete.

The way in which a text reads; the ‘letter’ of a text; the form in which a text is found in a particular copy, a lection. Obsolete.

Strictness of meaning, literalness; the proper, strict, or literal sense of a word. Obsolete.