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poˈssessionary, a. and n.
[f. possession n. + -ary1. So obs. F. possessionnaire adj. (1539).]
A. adj. Constituted by possession; having, pertaining, or relating to possession.
1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) III. 224, I do not say this, to abate any thing of his Highness's authority... He hath a possessionary right, which, I am sure, gives him power enough to call Parliaments. Ibid. 590 If he is but possessionary Protector, he is then hereditary and not subject to any boundings. 1739F. Blomefield Hist. Thetford 52 Athelstane, Abbot of Ramsey, had a House in Theford, for then he had a Possessionary Writ, directed to the Burghers of Theford. 1809E. S. Barrett Setting Sun II. 115 The horde of possessionary and reversionary moles may deprecate an inquiry.
†B. n. One who is in possession; = possessioner b.
1532Frith Mirror (1829) 273 It proveth our bishops, abbots, and spiritual possessionaries, double thieves and murderers, as concerning the body. |