▪ I. † ˈpropriate, a. (n.) Obs.
[ad. L. propriāt-us, pa. pple. of propri-āre to make one's own, f. propri-us proper.]
1. Appropriated, assigned to a particular person; annexed as an attribute, special, peculiar: = appropriate ppl. a. 3, 4.
| 1654 Kirk Sess. Rec. in Campbell Balmerino (1899) 403 The Session, finding that rowme and place not propriat to any other. 1820 Combe Consol. vii. (1869) 226/2 Without whose propriate sympathies We should be neither strong nor wise. |
2. Eccl. Of a benefice: Appropriated to a religious house or corporation: = appropriate ppl. a. 1. (In quot. 1697 loosely applied to the rector of such a benefice.)
Cf. notes s. vv. impropriate v. 2 and impropriation 1.
| 1616 Spelman De non Temer. Eccl. (1646) b j, Thy Tithes, whether propriate or impropriate. 1697 Bp. Gardiner Adv. Clergy 21 One cannot but wonder..that Rectors as well Impropriate as Propriate, should not take more care to fit their Chancels for this purpose. |
B. n. One to whom something is appropriated; a possessor, proprietor. rare—1.
| 1660 Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661) 25 The Scepter..should run on in a direct line, till it came to the Essentiator of the being of Kings, the propriate of Rule, βασιλεὺς βασιλέων. |
▪ II. † ˈpropriate, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. propriāre (see prec.) + -ate3.]
trans. = appropriate v. 2.
| 1624 Donne Serm., Deut. xxv. 5 (1649) II. 424 The covetous desires of the world, that is, the covetous propriating [mispr. proprieting] of all things to our selves. |