appropriator
(əˈprəʊprɪeɪtə(r))
[a. L. *appropriātor, n. of agent f. appropriāre: see -or.]
1. One who appropriates or takes to his own use.
| 1840 De Quincey Mod. Superst. Wks. III. 325 The appropriator of a treasure. 1858 Miss Muloch Th. ab. Wom. 75 A dishonest appropriator of other people's property. |
2. The religious house, or corporation, that owns the fees and endowments of a benefice.
| 1726 Ayliffe Parerg. 86 These Appropriators, by reason of their Perpetuities, are accounted Owners of the Fee Simple. 1809 Tomlins Law Dict. s.v. Appropriation, The appropriators..are perpetual parsons of the church. |