Definition Conjugation
Definition of impropriate - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
church revenuesDated assign the revenues of a parish to a laymanDated
- The bishop impropriated the church's income to the local nobleman..
2.
ownershipDated take something for yourself, often without permissionDated
- He impropriated the land for his own use.
Adjective
church propertyDated property once church-owned now managed or owned by laypeopleDated
- The impropriate land was managed by a local noble.
Origin of impropriate
Latin, impropriare (to appropriate)
Examples of impropriate in a sentence
The king impropriated the church's wealth. The mayor impropriated funds meant for schools. They impropriated the abandoned cabin without asking. The impropriate manor passed into private hands after the Reformation. Impropriate revenues now support the village school budget.
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- French:attribuer, improprié, ...
- German:Kircheneinnahmen zuweisen, impropriiert, ...
- Italian:destinare le entrate della chiesa, impropriato, ...
- Spanish:asignar ingresos de la iglesia, laical, ...
- Portuguese:atribuir, imprópria, ...
- Chinese:将教区收入分配给俗人, 原属教会的, ...
- Japanese:収益を割り当てる, 還俗した, ...
- Arabic:خَصَّصَ, مُعَلْمَن, ...
- Hebrew:לְהַקְצוֹת, מוּפְרָט כְּנֵסִיָּתִית, ...
- Russian:передать доходы, отчуждённый от церкви, ...
- Ukrainian:призначити доходи церкви, колишньоцерковний, ...
- Hindi:आय सौंपना, गैर-चर्च स्वामित्व, ...
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