Parage vs Partage - What's the difference?
parage | partage |
(label) Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
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*:at souper the knyght sat syr Beumayns afore the damoisel / Fy fy said she syr knyghte ye are vncurtoys to sette a kechyn page afore me hym bysemeth better to stycke a swyne than to sytte afore a damoysel of hyhe parage / thenne the knyght was ashamed atte her wordes / and took hym vp / and sette hym at asyde bord / and sette hym self afore hym / and soo al that nyght they had good chere and mery reste
A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance.
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(obsolete) A part, portion or share.
Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
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*:looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. ], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost.
(archaic, archaeology) The one-time standard practice of the divvying up of artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons and the host territory.
