impropriate

Verb

To appropriate for private use.
In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson.

Adj

Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.

Origin / Etymology

From Medieval Latin impropriātus, past participle of impropriāre (“to take as one's own, appropriate”), from Latin in- + proprius (“one's own”).

Scrabble Score: 17

impropriate: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
impropriate: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
impropriate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

impropriate: valid Words With Friends Word