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possessory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • pə-zĕs′ə-rē
  • /pəˈzɛs.ə.ɹiː/ (Australia, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, also)
  • /pəˈzɛs.ə.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
  • /pʌˈzɛs.ʌ.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland, also)
  • /pəˈzes.ə.ɹiː/ (Australia, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English possessorie, borrowed from Old French possessoire or Late Latin possessōrius. Compare modern French possessoire.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession.
    • a possessory lord
    • a possessory interest

Deriveds

possessory interest · nonpossessory · possessoriness

Synonyms

possessorial

Translations (8)

gl posesorio (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession) · cy meddiannol (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession) · pt possessório (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession) · fr possessoire (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession) · es posesorio (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession) · it possessòrio (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession) · la possessōrius (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession) · ia possessori (of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession)