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impropriate

verb

  1. tr to transfer (property, rights, etc) from the Church into lay hands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. transferred in this way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • imˌpropriˈation, noun
  • imˈpropriˌator, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of impropriate1

C16: from Medieval Latin impropriāre to make one's own, from Latin im- in- ² + propriāre to appropriate
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Example Sentences

The poor vicars never got back a bit of the impropriate tithes; the seats of learning got comparatively little.

If there is a rector impropriate, his consent will be necessary to any proposed change in the chancel.

In a parish where there is an impropriate rectory and a vicarage, glebe may be attached to both or either.

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