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Dilapidation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

(2):

(n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

(3):

(n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dilapidation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dilapidation.html. 1828.