Impropriate

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.] To impropriate the thanks to himself. Bacon.

2. To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To become an impropriator. [R.]

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.