Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impropriation

/ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-pro-pri-a-tion
IPA: /ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] this practice of impropriation, which was first set on foot by unjust and sacrilegious bulls from Rome, is justly offensive both to God and good men; as misderiving the well-meant devotions of charitable and pious souls into a wrong channel."
"His first work […] attacked the impropriation of tithes by laymen and emphasised the divine punishments customarily inflicted upon the sacrilegious."
"Bishop Richard Watson's bag of some £2,200 a year was made up from […] five other impropriations to the Bishopric of Llandaff, and two to the Archdeacon of Ely."

Etymology

Etymology tree English impropri(ate) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English impropriation From impropri(ate) + -ation.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

impropriations (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce impropriation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/.
What does impropriation mean?: The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
Where does impropriation come from?: Etymology tree English impropri(ate) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English impropriation From impropri(ate) + -ation.

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