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noun

One of the incumbents of a benefice that has two or more rectors or vicars.

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Meanings

nounportionist (plural portionists)

plural portionists

  1. One of the incumbents of a benefice that has two or more rectors or vicars.
  2. historicalA scholar at Merton College, Oxford, England, who has a certain academical allowance or portion.

    Curates would in fact become Portionists and Incumbents , with a legal status and an independent position within the limit of their appointed jurisdiction

    1867, Orby Shipley, The Church and the World

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Synonyms & antonyms

nounA scholar at Merton College, Oxford, England, who has a certain academical allowance or portion.

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Origin

From portion + -ist.

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APA

portionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portionist

MLA

“portionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portionist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portionist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portionist.

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