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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PORTIONIST

n.One who has a certain academical allowance or portion. 1. The incumbent of a benefice which has more rectors or vicars than one.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PORTIONIST

PORTIONIST Por "tion *ist, n.

 

1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.

 

2. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.