impropriate
transitive verbDefinition of impropriate
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 obsolete : appropriate
2a : to take over (a benefice or ecclesiastical property) and make one's own the town which had impropriated the revenues of the church— T. D. Atkinson
b : to transfer (monastic property) to lay control or ownership —distinguished from appropriate
impropriate
adjectiveDefinition of impropriate (Entry 2 of 2)
: impropriated : lay as distinguished from clerical
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