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Improʹpriator

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A layman who has church lands or ecclesiastical preferment. (Latin, in-proprius, belonging to.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Impannata
Impar Congressus Achilli
Imperial (An)
Imperium in Imperio
Impertinence
Imponderables (Latin, things without weight)
Imposition
Imposition of Hands
Impossibilities
Impropriation
Impropriator
Improve the Occasion (To)
Improvisators
Improvisatrix or Improvisatrice
In Cæna Domini
In Commendam (Latin)
In Esse (Latin)
In Extenso (Latin)
In Extremis
In Fieri
In Flagrante Delicto