dispossessionn.
/dɪspəˈzɛʃən/ 1. † b. concrete. Something of which one has been dispossessed. Obsolete. nonce-use (after possession).
a. The action of dispossessing or fact of being dispossessed; deprivation of or ejection from a possession. In Law = ouster n.1
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the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > deprivation or dispossession
privationa1425
deprivation1533
dispossession1576
dispossessment1599
deprival1611
deprivement1630
viduation1653
bereavement1731
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing
disseising1475
amotionc1503
dispossession1576
disseisure1579
disseisin1586
dispossessment1599
divestiture1601
devestment1647
devesture1648
divesting1712
divestment1756
disinvestiture1846
expropriation1848
1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 379 And playd the arrant rebells, seeking not his dispossession onely, but also his destruction.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated ii. 36 The dispossession and disinheritance of another.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 201 The remedy by ejectment is in it's original an action brought by one who hath a lease for years, to repair the injury done him by dispossession.
1885 Athenæum 23 May 661/1 The dispossession of Huntley from the heritage.
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the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > deprivation or dispossession > that of which one is dispossessed
dispossession1640
1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion i. 100 Warres, whose ends are not to defend your owne Possessions, or to recover your dispossessions, are but Princely Injuries.
2. The casting out of an evil spirit; exorcism.
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society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun]
halsingc870
conjurementc1315
exorcizationc1384
exorcismc1400
exorcision1502
dispossession1600
exorcizing1610
undevillinga1652
exorcizement1782
exorcize1863
deliverance ministry1953
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of
halsingc870
conjurementc1315
exorcizationc1384
exorcismc1400
exorcision1502
dispossession1600
exorcizing1610
undevillinga1652
exorcizement1782
exorcize1863
deliverance ministry1953
1600 J. Darrell (title) A true narration..wherein the doctrine of possession and dispossession of demoniakes..is particularly applyed vnto Somers.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark ix. 28) The dispossession of the devil out of many persons..in Lancashire..is very famous.
1775 H. Farmer Ess. Demoniacs New Test. iii. iii. 351 If by possession they intended only to describe a disorder..the removal of it was all they could intend by dispossession.
1863 S. J. Andrews Life of our Lord iii. 233 Cures of dispossession were among the earliest and commonest of the Saviour's miracles.
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