impropriate
Definition of impropriate
-ed/-ing/-s
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
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Origin and Etymology of impropriate
Medieval Latin or New Latin impropriatus, past participle of impropriare, from Latin in- 2in- + propriare to appropriate — more at appropriate
impropriate
Definition of impropriate
: impropriated : lay as distinguished from clerical
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Origin and Etymology of impropriate
New Latin or Medieval Latin impropriatus
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