Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Eccles., same as
portioner , 3. - noun In Merton College, Oxford, same as
postmaster , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into
postmaster . - noun (Eccl.) One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
scholar at Merton College,Oxford ,England , who has a certainacademical allowance orportion . - noun One of the
incumbents of abenefice that has two or morerectors orvicars .
Etymologies
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portion + -ist
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Examples
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He was also chancellor, prebend, and canon residentiary and portionist of the church of Hereford.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1753
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