The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impropriator
Impropriator \Im*pro"pri*a`tor\, n. One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.
Wiktionary
impropriator
n. (context archaic English) a layperson in possession of ecclesiastical property
Usage examples of "impropriator".
Rutherford, of Bowland, a gentleman of landed property in the Vale of Gala, was prosecuted for a very considerable sum, the accumulated arrears of teind (or tithe) for which he was said to be indebted to a noble family, the titulars (lay impropriators of the tithes).