- (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.
- (n.) The act of dilapidating or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined or squandered.
- (n.) The pulling down of a building or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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