Impropriation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Impropriation is a noun meaning The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
Meaning
The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
More Meanings
- A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands.
Example Sentences
His first work […] attacked the impropriation of tithes by laymen and emphasised the divine punishments customarily inflicted upon the sacrilegious.
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.
[…] this practice of impropriation, which was first set on foot by unjust and sacrilegious bulls from Rome, is justly offensive both to God and good men; as misderiving the well-meant devotions of charitable and pious souls into a wrong channel.
Word Forms
- impropriations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include malappropriation, misappropriation, impropriety, improperty, misbestowal, peculation.
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