[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.
