Impropriate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.

II. Impropriate ·vi To become an Impropriator.

III. Impropriate ·vt To appropriate to one's self; to Assume.

IV. Impropriate ·vt To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.