partiary, n. and a. rare.
(ˈpɑːʃ(ɪ)ərɪ)
[In form ad. L. partiāri-us adj., F. partiaire, that shares, or is shared, with another, n. a sharer. But in sense A. 1, app. f. F. parti party + -ary.]
† A. n. Obs.
1. One who supports a particular side or party, esp. in a narrow or prejudiced way; a partisan.
| 1624 Bp. R. Montagu Gagg Pref. 24 The Councels of Trent, of Florence, of Laterane, are not all Councels. We refuse them as factions, as bastards, as partiaries, as having nothing but the names of Councels. 1625 ― App. Cæsar 14 Not any man but Partiaries would have taken them spoken Dogmaticè. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Partiary (partiarius), a partaker, a follower, a copartner: It may also be used adjectively for partial, or that hath respect to persons. |
B. adj. That shares something with another; taking or having a share. In quot. 1654, ? Having only a portion or part of the office; that is so in part, partial.
| 1654 Hammond Answ. Animadv. Ignat. iii. §4. 74 The Epistles of Ignatius are the best records..on which to build this second Order of Secundarie, or Partiarie Presbyters. 1880 Muirhead Gaius ii. §254 He..is in the position of a partiary legatee, i.e. a legatee to whom a share of the estate is legated. |