Also 6 coen-. [see CO- 3 c.] A joint inheritor or heir. Cf. COHEIR, COHERITOR.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 169 b. Coinherytour with hym to the kyngdom of heuen.
1561. Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573), 81. As brethren, and felowes, and coinheriters of the same saluation.
1636. Brathwait, Lives Rom. Emperors, 280. Hee remained coinheritor with his brother Carolus of the Crowne of France.
1818. Keats, Endym., III. 940. Brother of Jove, and co-inheritor Of elements!
So Co-inheritance.
1598. Florio, Coheredita, a coinheritance.
1647. Jer. Taylor, Lib. Proph., § 18 (1657), 584 (R.). The Spirit of God … adopts us into the mystical body of Christ, and gives us title to a coinheritance with him.
