impropriate

British  

verb

1. (tr) to transfer (property, rights, etc) from the Church into lay hands

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adjective

1. transferred in this way

Other Word Forms

• impropriation noun
• impropriator noun

Etymology

Origin of impropriate

C16: from Medieval Latin impropriāre to make one's own, from Latin im- _in- ² + propriāre to _appropriate

Example Sentences

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 Mackie, Charles

Tetnall.—A college dissolved; five prebends and a deane; impropriate to the King’s Majestie; worth 300 marks. 

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

Collegiate Church; impropriate to the King’s Majestie or the Dean of Windsor; value of lands belonging to it is £600 per annum. 

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

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 Hackwood, Frederick William

The poor vicars never got back a bit of the impropriate tithes; the seats of learning got comparatively little. 

From Two Suffolk Friends by Groome, Francis Hindes