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

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

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

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