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appropriators

appropriators is the plural of appropriator.

Meaning of appropriator

Noun

appropriator (plural appropriators)

  1. A person who appropriates something.
    • […] God is Love, and Christ is the Saviour of the World, and the Pharisaical Appropriators of Mercy and Salvation, do seldom know what spirit they are of.1691, chapter 16, in An End of Doctrinal Controversies, London: John Salusbury, page 202
  2. The religious organization that owns the income of a benefice.
    • And as for those Churches where all the Tythes both great & small are taken by the Appropriator, Wee ordaine that the Bishop of the Diocesse according to the Lawes of the Church shall allot out of the said appropriation, such maintenance to a sufficient Curate, as in equitie in his discretion shall...1635, Church of Ireland, Constitutions, and Canons Ecclesiasticall, Dublin: XXXVII, page 52

Phrases with appropriators

Questions about appropriators

What is appropriators the plural of?
Appropriators is the plural of appropriator.

Words near appropriators in the dictionary

  1. appropriations
  2. appropriative
  3. appropriatively
  4. appropriativeness
  5. appropriator
  6. appropriators
  7. appropriatory
  8. appropried
  9. appropries
  10. appropring
  11. appropry

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