impropriate.
To appropriate for private use.
Meaning & usage
To appropriate for private use.
In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin impropriātus, past participle of impropriāre (“to take as one's own, appropriate”), from Latin in- + proprius (“one's own”).
Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin impropriātus, past participle of impropriāre (“to take as one's own, appropriate”), from Latin in- + proprius (“one's own”).
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