Impropriation

Charles Buck Theological Dictionary

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

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

The transference of the revenues of a benefice to a layman or lay body to be devoted to spiritual uses.