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Webster 1913 Edition
Portionist
Por′tion-ist
,Noun.
1.
A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; – corrupted into postmaster.
Shipley.
2.
(Eccl.)
One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
Webster 1828 Edition
Portionist
PORTIONIST
,Noun.
1.
The incumbent of a benefice which has more rectors or vicars than one.Definition 2024
portionist
portionist
English
Noun
portionist (plural portionists)
- A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, England, who has a certain academical allowance or portion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)
- One of the incumbents of a benefice that has two or more rectors or vicars.
Synonyms
- (scholar): postmaster