Meanings
- uncountableThe state of possessing something, possession.
He experiences the overwhelming joy of possessorship, for she is his.
1846, Amanda Millie Douglas, A Little Girl of Long Ago2 more examples
As Christ manifested to the world the love of the Father, so are we to manifest the love of Christ--a manifestation, however, which is only possible because of our possessorship of a common life.
1894, A. J. Gordon, The Ministry of the SpiritIt was unconsciously, insidiously, that her ten years of happiness with Westall had developed another conception of the tie; a reversion, rather, to the old instinct of passionate dependency and possessorship that now made her blood revolt at the mere hint of change.
1910, Edith Wharton, The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10)
Origin
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