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portionista

portionista [CL portio+ista < -ιστής] , (acad.) portionist. b (in Merton College) postmaster. a1476 (17c) consuetudo est ‥ quod tota comitiva duos habeat ~as, quorum uterque alternis ebdomadis bibliam legat et alternis portam custodiat MS Univ. Coll. Ox. UC: GB1/MS 1/1.  b in reparacione muri alte camere et aliorum in aula ~arum (Ac.) Oxf. Merton Coll. Rec. 3769; 1483 insuper ~arum numerum decretum est augeri secundum magistrorum numerum Reg. Merton I 29; 1494 ~e assignati sunt secundum numerum magistrorum Ib. 186; 1498 conventum est quo ~arum numerus magistrorum numero equaretur Ib. 217; quod magistri non darent de porcione panis aut carnium suis ~is extra aulam. sub pena etc. Ib. 222; 1577 unusquisque magister ~ae sui tutor esto. nullus ~a admittetur qui non habet suum magistrum tutorem et in ipsius cubiculo pernoctet Ib. III 103.

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