possessorship

Example Sentences

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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

She turned and lifted a smile of possessorship to Ralph.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith

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

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)

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