Impropriator

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  • n. a layperson in possession of ecclesiastical property
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who impropriates; especially, in English ecclesiastical law, a layman who holds possession of the lands of the church or of an ecclesiastical living.
    • Word Usage
    "And I must further say, that the dowager and the doctor were justified in their choice by the life and principles of the young man — as far as any father can be justified in choosing such a profession for his son, and as far as any lay impropriator can be justified in making such a promise."
     
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