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

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

She turned and lifted a smile of possessorship to Ralph.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith

Archer was proud of the glances turned on her, and the simple joy of possessorship cleared away his underlying perplexities.

From The Age of Innocence 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