Word Meanings - IMPROPRIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated. The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a

Additional info about word: IMPROPRIATION

1. The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated. The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPROPRIATION)

• Monopoly
• Privilege
• engrossment
• appropriation
• exclusiveness
• preoccupancy
• impropriation

Related words: (words related to IMPROPRIATION)

• APPROPRIATION
  1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object. 2.
• IMPROPRIATION
  1. The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated. The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a
• MONOPOLY
  1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor
• PREOCCUPANCY
  The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.
• PRIVILEGE
  See CHILDREN (more info) law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, 1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment
• PRIVILEGED
  Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. Privileged communication. A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his
• EXCLUSIVENESS
  Quality of being exclusive.
• MONOPOLYLOGUE
  An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.
• ENGROSSMENT
  1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed. Engrossments of power and favor. Swift. 2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.
• WATER PRIVILEGE
  The advantage of using water as a mechanical power; also, the place where water is, or may be, so used. See under Privilege.
• DISPRIVILEGE
  To deprive of a privilege or privileges.
• DISAPPROPRIATION
  The act of disappropriating.
• MISAPPROPRIATION
  Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.