IMPROPRIATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.

2.
n.

The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.

3.
n.

A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.