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

As the thought of Haskett receded, Waythorn felt himself yielding again to the joy of possessorship.

From The Descent of Man and Other Stories by Wharton, Edith

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 Prince Otto, a Romance by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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)

Memory alone gives value to the products of every other faculty, stamping them with the seal of possessorship, and making them truly ours.

From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)