impropriates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impropriate
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
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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