Disimpropriate
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In ecclesiastical law, to remove (ecclesiastical property) from control or management of a layperson.
"Suppose now that I disimpropriate the tithe, and as Patron present myself. The case is in no wise altered. The proposing Tenant will still offer me, as Parson, a rent diminished by the value of the labour he is required to provide."
- 1 Of ecclesiastical property: removed from control or management by a layperson.
"The will of the donor was that the company to whom this bequest was entrusted should purchase the inheritance of some impropriate benefice or parsonage, allowing a competent sum to the minister, for his maintenance; and the remaining profits to accumulate till the stock again amounted to £2000, when the entire profits of the disimpropriate benefice should be allowed the rector, or parson; and a new purchase of an impropriate benefice to be made out of the accumulated stock."
Example
More examples"Suppose now that I disimpropriate the tithe, and as Patron present myself. The case is in no wise altered. The proposing Tenant will still offer me, as Parson, a rent diminished by the value of the labour he is required to provide."
Etymology
From dis- + impropriate.
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