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impropriateverb
to appropriate.
impropriateverb
In ecclesiastical law to place ecclesiastical property under control or management of a layperson.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Impropriateverb
Etymology: in and proprius, Latin.
For the pardon of the rest, the king thought it not fit it should pass by parliament; the better, being matter of grace, to impropriate the thanks to himself. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Mrs. Gulston being possessed of the impropriate parsonage of Bardwell in Suffolk, did procure from the king leave to annex the same to the vicarage. Henry Spelman.
Webster Dictionary
Impropriateverb
to appropriate to one's self; to assume
Impropriateverb
to place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement
Impropriateverb
to become an impropriator
Impropriateadjective
put into the hands of a layman; impropriated
Etymology: [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Impropriate
im-prō′pri-āt, 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. [Low L. impropriātus—L. in, in, proprius, one's own.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of impropriate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of impropriate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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