Definition for PAR-TIC-I-PA'TION

PAR-TIC-I-PA'TION, n.

  1. The state of sharing in common with others; as, a participation of joys or sorrows.
  2. The act or state of receiving or having part of something. Those deities are so by participation, and subordinate to the Supreme. – Stillingfleet.
  3. Distribution; division into shares. – Ralegh.

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