portionist

English

Etymology

portion +‎ -ist

Noun

portionist (plural portionists)

  1. One of the incumbents of a benefice that has two or more rectors or vicars.
  2. (historical) A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, England, who has a certain academical allowance or portion.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for portionist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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