"possessorship" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈzɛsəɹˌʃɪp/
Etymology: From possessor + -ship. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|possessor|ship}} possessor + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} possessorship (uncountable)
  1. The state of possessing something, possession. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-possessorship-en-noun-MXtsSzB- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship

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          "ref": "1846, Amanda Millie Douglas, A Little Girl of Long Ago",
          "text": "He experiences the overwhelming joy of possessorship, for she is his.",
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          "ref": "1894, A. J. Gordon, The Ministry of the Spirit",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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