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impropriate.

To appropriate for private use.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To appropriate for private use.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.

    transitive
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”).

adj
  1. Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.

    not-comparable
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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