impropriate

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To appropriate for private use.
2. verb In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.
3. adjective Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.

Similar words

rectory rectories tithes malappropriate misappropriate improper pervert purloin misimprove improbate

Often followed by

in tithes rectory tythes to rectories the or and