Attribute , n. ( page 66 ).
Questions.
1. What is the derivation and the inherent meaning of quality? 2. What is an attribute? 3. Which of the above words expresses what necessarily belongs to the subject of which it is said to be an attribute or quality? 4. What is the derivation and distinctive sense of property? 5. How does property ordinarily differ from quality? 6. In what usage do property and quality become exact synonyms, and how are properties then distinguished?
Examples.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The —— to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
Nothing endures but personal ——s.