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Ecclesiastical vs Impropriate - What's the difference?

ecclesiastical | impropriate |

As an adjective ecclesiastical

is of or pertaining to the church.

As a verb impropriate is

to appropriate.

ecclesiastical

English

Alternative forms

* ecclesiasticall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the church
  • ecclesiastical architecture

    Synonyms

    * (l) * ecclesiastic (less common)

    See also

    *

    impropriate

    English

    Verb

    (impropriat)
  • (obsolete) to appropriate.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • to impropriate the thanks to himself
  • In ecclesiastical law, to place ecclesiastical property under control or management of a layperson.
  • Derived terms

    * impropriator