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Impropriate



ENGLISH MEANING
adjective
1.
Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To appropriate to one's self; to assume.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To become an impropriator.