impropriate

 
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈprəʊprɪeɪt/

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective impropriated)
  • grant (an ecclesiastical benefice) to a corporation or person as their property: the estates were transferred to the Crown in exchange for a few impropriated rectories
  • place (tithes or ecclesiastical property) in lay hands: the profits from impropriated tithes

Derivatives

impropriation

Pronunciation: /-ˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

early 16th century: from Anglo-Latin impropriat- 'appropriated', from the verb impropriare, based on Latin proprius 'one's own, proper'