Associations to the word «Impropriation»

Wiktionary

IMPROPRIATION, noun. The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
IMPROPRIATION, noun. A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope