disimpropriate

disimpropriate verb: in ecclesiastical law, to remove (ecclesiastical property) from control or management of a layperson.

Verb

disimpropriate (third-person singular simple present disimpropriates, present participle disimpropriating, simple past and past participle disimpropriated)

In ecclesiastical law, to remove (ecclesiastical property) from control or management of a layperson.
- 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.1856, Charles Abbot Stevens, Remarks on the rating of tithe commutation rent-charge
- 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...1859, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works, page 354

disimpropriate (comparative more disimpropriate, superlative most disimpropriate)

Of ecclesiastical property: removed from control or management by a layperson.
- 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...1828, Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities, An Account of Public Charities in England and Wales

Verb
third-person singular present	disimpropriates
present participle	disimpropriating
past participle	disimpropriated
past	disimpropriated
Adjective
comparative	more disimpropriate
superlative	most disimpropriate

From dis- + impropriate.

What does disimpropriate mean?: Disimpropriate means in ecclesiastical law, to remove (ecclesiastical property) from control or management of a layperson.
What part of speech is disimpropriate?: Disimpropriate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of disimpropriate?: The past tense of disimpropriate is disimpropriated.

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