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Portion   /pˈɔrʃən/   Listen
noun
Portion  n.  
1.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
2.
A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. "These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him!" "Portions and parcels of the dreadful past."
3.
A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. "The lord of that servant... will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers." "Man's portion is to die and rise again."
4.
The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance. "Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me."
5.
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
Synonyms: Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend. Portion, Part. Part is generic, having a simple reference to some whole. Portion has the additional idea of such a division as bears reference to an individual, or is allotted to some object; as, a portion of one's time; a portion of Scripture.


verb
Portion  v. t.  (past & past part. portioned; pres. part. portioning)  
1.
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. "And portion to his tribes the wide domain."
2.
To endow with a portion or inheritance. "Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest."





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"Portion" Quotes from Famous Books



... present world evil is the reigning power. Satan is "the prince of this world,"[1] and everything obeys him. The kings kill the prophets. The priests and the doctors do not that which they command others to do; the righteous are persecuted, and the only portion of the good is weeping. The "world" is in this manner the enemy of God and His saints:[2] but God will awaken and avenge His saints. The day is at hand, for the abomination is at its height. The reign of goodness ...
— The Life of Jesus • Ernest Renan
... the Brigade that morning. On the previous day the 156th Brigade had advanced the line some distance and the general plan of our attack was passing through the 156th Brigade to attack eastwards, finally assaulting and consolidating a portion of the Hindenburg Line front and support system. The attack was to be delivered by ourselves (on the left) and 6th H.L.I. (on the right), the 7th being in reserve. At 4.45 the Battalion moved in artillery formation ("A" and "D" Companies forming the first line, ...
— The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 • F.L. Morrison
... was, was yet not large enough to prevent a portion of the private affairs of individuals from coming to be treated as public property, and Mrs. Bonniman was a handsome and rich young widow, the rumour of whose acceptableness to Mr. Sclater had reached Mistress Croale's ear before ever she had seen the ...
— Sir Gibbie • George MacDonald
... Blessed Father exclaimed, commenting upon this fact, "to think that a handful of dust should rob Heaven of so many souls! The business of every christian, and especially of the clergy, is the keeping of God's law. The Lord is the portion of their inheritance and of their cup. He would have made to them an abundant restitution of all that had been theirs, by gentle but effective means. They whose thoughts are fixed upon the Lord will be ...
— The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales • Jean Pierre Camus
... literature. In this case also, as in that of "moral blight," health is so often used in a figurative sense, that we are apt to forget that the expression is a simile; or the phrase "spiritual health" would sound as disagreeably as the commencement of the same portion of the Liturgy, were it altered to "We have erred and strayed from thy spiritual ways, like lost spiritual sheep." All these inaccuracies in composition proceed from attempts to explain similes, an attempt which ought to be cautiously avoided; because ...
— The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 • Various


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