Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Participation

Participation , noun

[French participation, Latin participatio.]

1.
The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.
These deities are so by participation. — Bp. Stillingfleet
What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! — Atterbury
2.
Distribution; division into shares. [Obsolete] — Raleigh
3.
Community; fellowship; association. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare