Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of dividing into parts; specifically, in architecture, the division or disposition of the whole ground-plan of an edifice into its various apartments.
  • noun A division; the part divided; a separate part.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
  • noun obsolete A division or compartment.

Etymologies

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Latin compartitio.

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