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  1. impropriateverb

    to appropriate.

  2. impropriateverb

    In ecclesiastical law to place ecclesiastical property under control or management of a layperson.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Impropriateverb

    to appropriate to one's self; to assume

  2. Impropriateverb

    to place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement

  3. Impropriateverb

    to become an impropriator

  4. Impropriateadjective

    put into the hands of a layman; impropriated

  5. Etymology: [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of impropriate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of impropriate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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