disimpropriate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
In ecclesiastical law, to remove (ecclesiastical property) from control or management of a layperson.
adj
Of ecclesiastical property: removed from control or management by a layperson.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "So if a man be seised of an advowson, and take a wife, and after title of dower given he join in impropriating the church, and dieth; now because the feme cannot have the third turn because of the perpetual incumbency, she shall have all the turns during her life: for it shall not be disimpropriated to the benefit of the heir contrary to the grant of tenant in fee-simple."
- "First the sea disimpropriates all property, even during peace; and only special agreement with particular states could somewhat protect it."
- "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."
Etymology
From dis- + impropriate.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
disimpropriates (present, singular)
disimpropriating (participle, present)
disimpropriated (participle, past)
disimpropriated (past)
more disimpropriate (comparative)
most disimpropriate (superlative)