Bible Dictionaries
Impropriation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.

(2):

(n.) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.

(3):

(n.) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Impropriation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/impropriation.html. 1828.