English Explanatory Dictionary

purparty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.

Word forms

purparty purparties pourparty purpart

Etymology

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

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