parcenary

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noun

coparcenary; coheirship.

OriginAnglo-Norman parcenerie ← Old French parçon ← Latin partītiō, partītiōnem →
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Meanings

nounparcenary (plural parcenaries)

plural parcenaries

  1. obsoletelawcoparcenary; coheirship.

Origin

  1. Latinpartītiō, partītiōnem“division”
  2. Old Frenchparçon“part, portion, share, division”
  3. Anglo-Normanparcenerie
  4. Englishparcenary

From Anglo-Norman parcenerie, from parcener, from Old French parçon (“part, portion, share, division”), from Latin partītiō, partītiōnem (“division”), from partīre, from pars. By surface analysis, parcen + -ary.

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APA

parcenary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcenary

MLA

“parcenary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcenary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parcenary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcenary.

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