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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Had he the right, or could he have it, to appropriate the income of the living according to terms laid down by the lay impropriator?
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
Where there is a lay impropriator he has the freehold.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
Erenach, the holder or impropriator of a church and its lands: usually a layman.
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
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
At that time the Duke of Cleveland was impropriator, but the tithes had been leased by his Grace to Messrs. James Whitehouse and Charles Quinton.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
