disimpropriate means of ecclesiastical property: removed from control or management by a layperson.
Etymology
From dis- + impropriate.
adj
- 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, when the entire profits of the disimpropriate benefice should be allowed the rector, or parson; and a ne”
verb
- 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.”