impropriate

verb

1. tr to transfer (property, rights, etc) from the Church into lay hands

adjective

1. transferred in this way

Derived Forms

• imˌpropriˈation, noun
• imˈpropriˌator, noun

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

Example Sentences

Thus, in 1622, Archbishop Ussher in a Report of Bective parish said it belonged to Bartholomew Dillon, Esq. of Riverstown, his Majesty’s farmer of the impropriate property.

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Impropriate, im-prō′pri-āt, v.t. to appropriate to private use: to place ecclesiastical property in the hands of a layman.—adj.

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Apparently, Thurstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, had referred to Theobald the question whether monks could legally impropriate churches and tithe.

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The End impropriate, and the Meaning low.

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The chancel was renovated through the munificence of the Earl of Leicester, lord of the manor, and holder of the impropriate tithes.

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