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 Impropria’tion.Improve the Occasion (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Impro’priator.
 
A layman who has church lands or ecclesiastical preferment. (Latin, in-proprius, belonging to.)   1
 


 Impropria’tion.Improve the Occasion (To). 

 
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