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impropriate

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impropriate
vb [ɪmˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt]
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to transfer (property, rights, etc.) from the Church into lay hands
adj [ɪmˈprəʊprɪɪt -ˌeɪt]
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) transferred in this way
[from Medieval Latin impropriāre to make one's own, from Latin im- in-2 + propriāre to appropriate]
impropriation  n
impropriator  n
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But that honor, perhaps were not fit for monarchies; except it be in the person of the monarch himself, or his sons; as it came to pass in the times of the Roman emperors, who did impropriate the actual triumphs to themselves, and their sons, for such wars as they did achieve in person; and left only, for wars achieved by subjects, some triumphal garments and ensigns to the general.
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