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  • noun Plural form of partaker.

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Examples

  • It is a meetness for the inheritance: "He hath made us meet to be partakers, that is, suited and fitted us for the heavenly state by a proper temper and habit of soul; and he makes us meet by the powerful influence of his Spirit."

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • He who so greatly surpasseth in perils, calleth them "partakers," who endured no part of them whatever [397]; whilst of the comfort he ascribeth the whole cause to them, not to his own labors.

    NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889

  • Observe how he identifies himself with them, making them 'partakers' in his grace, and reiterating 'I and Thy people,' as if he would have no blessing which was not shared by them.

    Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • What Senator McCain and his republican fails to tell the American public, is that their colleagues in the House and Senate, fellow republicans have been the partakers of the word NO!

    McCain: Obama has done well, but hasn't been bipartisan 2009

  • During the procession which now follows, and at which all the partakers carry lighted candles in their hands, the choir sings the antiphon "Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion", composed by St. John of Damascus, one of the few pieces which, text and music, have been borrowed by the Roman Church from the Greeks.

    Candlemas, The Feast of the Presentation and Purification 2009

  • The idea was that vodka sometimes leads to all-night antics, leaving partakers stumbling into the daylight.

    No Shame in Walking Jen Wieczner 2011

  • They justified freedom by the text that we are all created in the divine image, all partakers of the divine spirit.

    What Silent Cal Said About the Fourth of July Leon Kass 2011

  • For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

    Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011

  • For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

    Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011

  • As to finding partakers, "Maybe you could tweet about it?"

    Mike Piazza Lettie Teague 2012

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