IMPROPRIATE

Verb

impropriate (third-person singular simple present impropriates, present participle impropriating, simple past and past participle impropriated)

(transitive, obsolete) To appropriate for private use.

(transitive) In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.

Adjective

impropriate (not comparable)

Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pro"pri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impropriating.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.]

1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.] To impropriate the thanks to himself. Bacon.

2. (Eng. Eccl. Law)

Definition: To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

Im*pro"pri*ate, v. i.

Definition: To become an impropriator. [R.]

Im*pro"pri*ate, a. (Eng. Eccl. Law)

Definition: Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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