Impropriate

[im'prәuprieit]

Definition

(v. t.) To appropriate to one's self; to assume.

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

(v. i.) To become an impropriator.

(a.) Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.

Checker: Mae

Definition

v.t. to appropriate to private use: to place ecclesiastical property in the hands of a layman.—adj. Imprō′priate devolved into the hands of a layman.—ns. Impropriā′tion act of appropriating: property impropriated; Imprō′priator a layman who holds possession of the lands of the Church or an ecclesiastical living.

Typist: Preston