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
Example Sentences
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Apparently, Thurstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, had referred to Theobald the question whether monks could legally impropriate churches and tithe.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert 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
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
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
Wombourne.—Parsonage, impropriate, held by Hugh Wriotesley, Esquire; worth £40; vicarage worth £26; patron, Edward L. Dudley.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William
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