impropriate
verb
(tr) to transfer (property, rights, etc) from the Church into lay hands
impropriator
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a word derived from
impropriate.
Example Sentences
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Where there are both a rector and a vicar the repairs are shared between them, and this is also the case where the rector is a lay impropriator.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Sullenly, we resent her dictation as that of a usurper—a lay impropriator of our professional heritage.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
But it is not the property of the Church alone—what do you say of the lay impropriator?
From Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century by George Henry Francis
At the Dissolution, like many of the Tewkesbury possessions, it became private property, the site, the buildings and the tithes being conveyed to George Throgmorton, a local personage, who became the lay impropriator.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
Mr. Tyrrel, by the tenure of his manor, was impropriator of the great tithes, and this circumstance afforded him frequent opportunities of petty altercation.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by William Godwin
