Church History. The holder of an appropriated benefice; = approprietary, n. Obsolete.

= proprietary, n. (in various senses).

= appropriator, n. 2.

= proprietary, n. (in various senses).

One to whom a benefice is impropriated; esp. (also lay impropriator) a layman in possession of a living or its revenues.

= impropriator, n. 1.

The religious house, or corporation, that owns the fees and endowments of a benefice.