partaker

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PARTA'KER, noun One who has or takes a part, share or portion in common with others; a sharer; a participator; usually followed by of. If the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things-- Romans 15:27. Sometimes followed by in. Wish me partaker in thy happiness-- If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Matthew 23:30. 1. An accomplice; an associate. When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. Psalms 50:18.
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