IMPROPRIATE


Meaning of IMPROPRIATE in English

v.tr. Brit. 1 annex (an ecclesiastical benefice) to a corporation or person as property. 2 place (tithes or ecclesiastical property) in lay hands. impropriation n.

[ AL impropriare (as IN-(2), proprius own) ]

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