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Impropriation
Impropriation, a term from English Ecclesiastical Law, refers to taking the profits from the sale of church property and placing them in the care of a layman or lay corporation for care and distribution. The institution was primarily used in the Church of England before the English Civil War and usually entailed buying the right to appoint the minister in a certain region.
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