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purparty

purparty noun: a share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.

Noun

purparty (plural purparties)

  1. A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.
    • I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds.1793 October 6, Horace Walpole, letter to “the Miss Berrys” (sisters Mary and Agnes Berry)

Forms of purparty

pluralpurparties
alternative formpourparty
alternative formpurpart

Origin of purparty

From Old French porpartie, from por (“for”) and partie (“a part”). Compare Old French purpart (“a respective part”).

Questions about purparty

What does purparty mean?
Purparty means a share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.
What part of speech is purparty?
Purparty is a noun.
What is the plural of purparty?
The plural of purparty is purparties.

Words near purparty in the dictionary

  1. purp
  2. purp.
  3. purpart
  4. purparties
  5. purparts
  6. purparty
  7. purple
  8. purple airway
  9. purple airways
  10. purple bacteria
  11. purple bar

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