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impropriate
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
IMPROPRIATE
v.t.[L. in and proprius, proper. ] 1. To appropriate to private use; to take to one's self; as, to impropriate thanks to one's self. [Not used. ]
2. To annex the possessions of the church or a benefice to a layman.
IMPROPRIATE
a.Devolved into the hands of a layman.
IMPROPRIATED
pp. Appropriated to one's self. [See Appropriated. ] 1. Put in possession of a layman.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
IMPROPRIATE
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 )
Defn: To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property ) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.
IMPROPRIATE
IMPROPRIATE Im *pro "pri *ate, v. i.
Defn: To become an impropriator. [R.]
IMPROPRIATE
Im *pro "pri *ate, a. (Eng. Eccl. Law )
Defn: Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
New American Oxford Dictionary
impropriate
im pro pri ate |imˈprōprēˌāt ɪmˈproʊprieɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. impropriated ) grant (an ecclesiastical benefice ) to a corporation or person as their property. • place (tithes or ecclesiastical property ) in lay hands. DERIVATIVES im pro pri a tion |-ˌprōprēˈāSHən |noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Anglo-Latin impropriat- ‘appropriated, ’ from the verb impropriare, based on Latin proprius ‘one's own, proper. ’
Oxford Dictionary
impropriate
impropriate |ɪmˈprəʊprɪeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. impropriated ) grant (an ecclesiastical benefice ) to a corporation or person as their property. • place (tithes or ecclesiastical property ) in lay hands. DERIVATIVES impropriation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Anglo-Latin impropriat- ‘appropriated ’, from the verb impropriare, based on Latin proprius ‘one's own, proper ’.
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