parcener
(ˈpɑːsənə(r))
Forms: 3–4 parciner, 4 parsener, -sainer, -saner, -soner(e, -conner, -cenar, -cyner, -cner, personer, 4–5 parcenere, parceynere, 5 -senere, 4– parcener.
[a. AF. parcener = OF. par{cced}onier, parsuner, parsonier, etc. = med.L. partiōnārius, for partītiōnārius, f. partītiōn-em, in OF. par{cced}on, partition: see -er2.]
† 1. One who shares, or has a part in, something with another or others; a partner; a sharer, partaker. Obs. in gen. sense.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6309 And ich mot ek of engelond be þi parciner. a 1300 Cursor M. 27207 (Cott.) O sin þan es he parsainer [Fairf. parcenere]. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. v. 132 (Camb. MS.) As we ben parsoneres of Reson. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints vi. Thomas 139 Ȝe ar now Parsaneris of lestand lyfe. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 152 Þei ben parcyneres of þis grete synne. c 1440 Love Bonavent. on Sacram. Christ's Body 124 (Gibbs MS.) Desirynge þat þe kynge schulde be partyner or parceynere of þat grete and so worthy a syghte. 1621 Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 178 To diuide betwixt Partners, or Parceners. |
2. Law. One who shares equally with another or others in the inheritance of an estate from a common ancestor; a coheir: = coparcener.
| [1292 Britton iii. iv. §23 Mes nul parcener ne sa issue ne jurge feauté a autre si noun a soen eynznee parcener. 1865 Nicholls tr., But no parcener or his issue shall swear fealty except to the eldest parcener.] 1574 tr. Littleton's Tenures iii. i. §241 And if there be two daughters to whom the land descendeth, then they be called two parceners. 1647 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. xli. (1739) 66 It equally concerned all, both Sons and Daughters, as Parceners. 1883 Jessopp in 19th Cent. Feb., What had been hitherto a single lordship became 3 lordships, each of the parceners looking very jealously after his own interest. |