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Portionist

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a term employed to designate a beneficed person in a cathedral who received only half or a moiety of his prebend, called in France a demiprebendary, and in Spain a rationero. Bulrsaerius, in Scottish universities, and the German Buwsch were portions of money given to poor students, while the Cambridge pensioner lives at his own cost.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Portionist'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/portionist.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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