impropriator

And I must further say, that the dowager and the doctor were justified in their choice by the life and principles of the young man — as far as any father can be justified in choosing such a profession for his son, and as far as any lay impropriator can be justified in making such a promise.

Framley Parsonage 2004

Man's thought, which seems imperishable, loses its form, and runs along from proprietor to impropriator, like any other transitory thing, unless it is invested so becomingly and nobly that no successor can improve upon it by any new fashion or combination.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Various

At the Dissolution, like many of the Tewkesbury possessions, it became private property, the site, the buildings and the tithes being conveyed to George Throgmorton, a local personage, who became the lay impropriator.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

Ashefeld was the first impropriator of the abbey site and precincts, which afterwards passed through various hands.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The Earl of Kilmorey, who is impropriator of the tithes of St. Mary, Newry, is a lay abbot, or representative of the preceding abbots of a Cistertian Abbey which formerly existed in that town.

Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

Had he the right, or could he have it, to appropriate the income of the living according to terms laid down by the lay impropriator?

The Bertrams Anthony Trollope 1848

And I must further say, that the dowager and the doctor were justified in their choice by the life and principles of the young man -- as far as any father can be justified in choosing such a profession for his son, and as far as any lay impropriator can be justified in making such a promise.

Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope 1848

For the Marquess was the lay impropriator; the living was therefore but a very poor vicarage, below the acceptance of a Vipont or

What Will He Do with It? — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

For the Marquess was the lay impropriator; the living was therefore but a very poor vicarage, below the acceptance of a Vipont or a Vipont's tutor, sure to go to a worthy man forced to live in strict retirement.

What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Mr. and Mrs. Galindo often planned to live upon their own small fortune and the income derived from the living (a vicarage, of which the great tithes went to Sir Lawrence as lay impropriator), so as to put-by the payments made by the baronet, for the benefit of

My Lady Ludlow Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837