† ˈparcenel, n. Obs.
Also 5 parsonal.
[Corruption of parcener.]
A sharer, partaker. Hence † ˈparcenel v., to share, partake.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter x. 8 comm., Þe rightwisnes of god, in the whilk all rightwismen ere parcenel [v.r. partiner]. Ibid. lxxxi. 6 Ȝe ere ayres & percenels in þe bliss of heuen. Ibid. cxxi. 3 Ierusalem þe whilke is made as cite whas parsenelynge [Vulg. participacio] of it in it selfe. This is ierusalem..as cite in sere degres of honur and meryt, and parsenel of godis stabilnes. 1438 Bk. Alexander Gt. (Bann. Cl.) 94 Baith he & he Suld parsonalis & lordis be. |