possessorship

Example Sentences

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So her possessorship of Keith was a thing which—again in the dark and brooding hours of night—sometimes made him writhe in an agony of shame.

From The River's End by Curwood, James Oliver

Suddenly, at the sight, a rage of possessorship awoke in her.

From The Reef by Wharton, Edith

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.

From The Ministry of the Spirit by Gordon, A. J. (Adoniram Judson)

He had never had much of the joy of possessorship in any of the thousand and one beautiful and curious things that were his; and now he was conscious of envy for what was another’s.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

She was not meddlesome, nor over-curious generally, but with a feeling of possessorship and responsibility in the house, she wanted to know how far she could trust the newcomers.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie