partitionaryadj.
/pɑːˈtɪʃ(ə)nəri/, /pəˈtɪʃ(ə)nəri/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɪʃəˌnɛri/ rare.
Of or concerned with partition, esp. of land or territory.
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1856 P. Godwin Cyclopedia Universal Biogr. 43 Anchwitz..who sold Poland to Russia and her partitionary colleagues.
1897 F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond 489 The loss of acres due to partitionary arrangements.
1952 H. Seton Decline of Imperial Russia ii. vi. 184 This factor [sc. mutual hostility] can only be explained by a brief survey of political developments in Poland and the Ukraine and of the attitude of the three partitionary governments.
1976 Times 19 Mar. 9/2 Coexistence is needed—not the demarcation of partitionary frontiers in Cyprus.
1998 M. Peters & H. A. Giroux Naming the Multiple v. 130 The partitionary function of the historical paradigm of the faculties for separating epistemology from religion in both situations allows them to gloss over the prejudices of the curricular prerequisites unique to each context.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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