possessorship

/pəˈzɛsəɹˌʃɪp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Uncountable

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

From possessor + -ship.

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How do you pronounce possessorship?

The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈzɛsəɹˌʃɪp/.

What does possessorship mean?

The state of possessing something, possession.

Where does possessorship come from?

From possessor + -ship.

How to pronounce possessorship

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