† comˈparcioner Obs.
Also 5 conperseyner, 6 compercioner, -partioner.
[a. OF. compar{cced}onnier, comparsionier, etc., f. com- + par{cced}onnier partner, sharer, f. par{cced}on division, portion, share:—L. partītiōn-em: see partition.]
One who shares a possession or inheritance with another; a copartner.
| c 1400 Apol. Loll. 16 Conperseyners & felows of þe heiȝest of Crist, & of his godly kynd. 1530 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 301 All suche bargans as George Bushell and I er compercioners att. 1536–7 Act 28 Hen. VIII in Stat. Irel. (1621) 96 Thomas Haward Duke of Norfolke, and the Lord Barkley his comparcioner claime and hold..divers other manors. 1537 Inst. Chr. Man N v, All christen people be Christis owne bretherne, and the very coenheritours and compartioners with him in the kingdome of heuen. |