portionist
nounEtymology From portion + -ist.
1
One of the incumbents of a benefice that has two or more rectors or vicars.
2
Historical A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, England, who has a certain academical allowance or portion.
- Curates would in fact become Portionists and Incumbents , with a legal status and an independent position within the limit of their appointed jurisdiction1867, Orby Shipley, The Church and the World:
- Synonyms
- postmaster