'Impropriating' definitions:
Definition of 'Impropriating'
From: GCIDE
- Impropriate \Im*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impropriating.] [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.]
- 1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To impropriate the thanks to himself. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement. [1913 Webster]