possessorship

English

Etymology

From possessor +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈzɛsəɹˌʃɪp/

Noun

possessorship (uncountable)

1. The state of possessing something, possession.
   • 1846, Amanda Millie Douglas, A Little Girl of Long Ago‎^[1]:

     He experiences the overwhelming joy of possessorship, for she is his.

   • 1894, A. J. Gordon, The Ministry of the Spirit‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 1910, Edith Wharton, The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10)‎^[3]:

     It 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.