What does "dilapidation" mean?
Dilapidation: Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention. The business of dilapidations came on between our bishop and the Archibishop of York. Strype.
Additional senses
- 2.(Law) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay. Burrill.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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