Difference between revisions of "Impropriation"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_130227" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_130227" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19944" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19944" /> == | ||
<p> A parsonage or ecclesiastical living, the profits of which are in the hands of a layman; in which case its stands distinguished from appropriation, which is where the profits of a benefice are in the hands of a bishop college, &c. though the terms are now used promiscuously. </p> | <p> [[A]] parsonage or ecclesiastical living, the profits of which are in the hands of a layman; in which case its stands distinguished from appropriation, which is where the profits of a benefice are in the hands of a bishop college, &c. though the terms are now used promiscuously. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45095" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45095" /> == | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.
(2): ( n.) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.
(3): ( n.) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
A parsonage or ecclesiastical living, the profits of which are in the hands of a layman; in which case its stands distinguished from appropriation, which is where the profits of a benefice are in the hands of a bishop college, &c. though the terms are now used promiscuously.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
in Great Britain, a parsonage or ecclesiastical living, the profits of which are in the hands of a layman; in which case it stands distinguished from appropriation, which is where the profits of a benefice are in the hands of a bishop, college, etc., though the terms are now used promiscuously in England.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [4]
The transference of the revenues of a benefice to a layman or lay body to be devoted to spiritual uses.
