Portionist

noun

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

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

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

Etymology

From portion + -ist.

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