impropriation
noun/ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/UK
Etymology
From impropri(ate) + -ation.
- derived from in-
- derived from impropriātus
Definitions
The act of impropriating
The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
- His first work […] attacked the impropriation of tithes by laymen and emphasised the divine punishments customarily inflicted upon the sacrilegious.
A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands.
- Bishop Richard Watson's bag of some £2,200 a year was made up from […] five other impropriations to the Bishopric of Llandaff, and two to the Archdeacon of Ely.
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for impropriation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA