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.) One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.