impropriation /ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ noun2 •The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.His first work […] attacked the impropriation of tithes by laymen and emphasised the divine punishments customarily inflicted upon the sacrilegious. — 1971 •A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands.Bishop Richard Watson's bag of some £2,200 a year was made up from […] five other impropriations to the Bishopric of Llandaff, and two to the Archdeacon of Ely. — 1990 formsimpropriations
