'Portionist' definitions:
Definition of 'Portionist'
From: GCIDE
- Portionist \Por"tion*ist\, n.
- 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. [1913 Webster]