Obs. Also 5 conperseyner, 6 compercioner, -partioner. [a. OF. comparçonnier, comparsionier, etc., f. com- + parçonnier partner, sharer, f. parçon division, portion, share:—L. partītiōn-em: see PARTITION.] One who shares a possession or inheritance with another; a copartner.
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 16. Conperseyners & felows of þe heiȝest of Crist, & of his godly kynd.
1530. Test. Ebor. (Surtees), V. 301. All suche bargans as George Bushell and I er compercioners att.
1536–7. Act 28 Hen. VIII., in Stat. Irel. (1621), 96. Thomas Haward Duke of Norfolke, and the Lord Barkley his comparcioner claime and hold … divers other manors.
1537. Inst. Chr. Man, N v. All christen people be Christis owne bretherne, and the very coenheritours and compartioners with him in the kingdome of heuen.
