impropriate
Britishverb
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of impropriate
C16: from Medieval Latin impropriāre to make one's own, from Latin im- in- ² + propriāre to appropriate
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The chancel was renovated through the munificence of the Earl of Leicester, lord of the manor, and holder of the impropriate tithes.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie
The poor vicars never got back a bit of the impropriate tithes; the seats of learning got comparatively little.
From Two Suffolk Friends by Francis Hindes Groome
Pen.—Parsonage; impropriate to the vicars of Lichfield; worth £20; vicarage worth as much; patrons, the Vicars of Lichfield.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
Thus, in 1622, Archbishop Ussher in a Report of Bective parish said it belonged to Bartholomew Dillon, Esq. of Riverstown, his Majesty’s farmer of the impropriate property.
From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous
Wombourne.—Parsonage, impropriate, held by Hugh Wriotesley, Esquire; worth £40; vicarage worth £26; patron, Edward L. Dudley.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
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