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adj
Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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verb
To appropriate for private use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
From Medieval Latin impropriātus, past participle of impropriāre (“to take as one's own, appropriate”), from Latin in- + proprius (“one's own”).
