Difference between revisions of "Impropriation"
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== 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> | |||
== 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" /> == | ||
<p> in | <p> 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. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74873" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74873" /> == | ||
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<ref name="term_130227"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/impropriation Impropriation from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_19944"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/impropriation Impropriation from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_19944"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/impropriation Impropriation from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_45095"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/impropriation Impropriation from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_45095"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/impropriation Impropriation from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:14, 13 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.
