possessionateadj.

Brit.

/pəˈzɛʃn̩ət/,

/pəˈzɛʃ(ə)nət/, U.S.

/pəˈzɛʃ(ə)nət/

Forms: late Middle English possescionat, late Middle English 1800s– possessionate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin possessionatus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin possessionatus possessed of (frequently c1380–1583 in British sources), (of the clergy) owning property (frequently from 1345 in British sources) < classical Latin possessiōn- , possessiō possession n. + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French possessionné having possessions in a country (see possessioned adj.).

Now historical.

†1. In possession; having possession. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 2044 (MED) Qwan thei crystynnyd were, and the tempyl dedycat, Venus vttyrly excludyd, and Iesu fully possescionat.

2. Of a cleric, religious order, etc.: having temporal possessions or endowments. Cf. possessioner n. 2.

ΚΠ

?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 444 (MED) Maister Iohn Wyclef..began to sustene openly..conclusions of heresy, and specially ageyne chanons, monkes, and religious men possessionate.

?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 459 We wolde have destroyede..the kynge, bischopps, chanons, monkes possessionate, and alle men of churche, the frers excepte oonly.

1899 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Age Wycliffe 151 The disendowment of the ‘possessionate’ clergy.

1938 Hist. Rev. 53 696 There was far less convention in the lay-out of mendicant than of possessionate convents. The domestic buildings were more definitely conditioned by the peculiarities of the site.

1961 M. Keen Outlaws of Medieval Legend (1977) xi. 163 The peasants had good cause to hate the possessionate clergy.

1986 S. Tugwell in C. Jones et al. Stud. Spirituality ii. vii. 297 Dominic had a profound personal love of extreme poverty, but..rigorous mendicancy was gradually abandoned, until in 1474 the Order was given permission by the Pope to become possessionate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	possessionate
释义	possessionateadj. Brit. /pəˈzɛʃn̩ət/, /pəˈzɛʃ(ə)nət/, U.S. /pəˈzɛʃ(ə)nət/ Forms: late Middle English possescionat, late Middle English 1800s– possessionate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin possessionatus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin possessionatus possessed of (frequently c1380–1583 in British sources), (of the clergy) owning property (frequently from 1345 in British sources) < classical Latin possessiōn- , possessiō possession n. + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French possessionné having possessions in a country (see possessioned adj.). Now historical. †1. In possession; having possession. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 2044 (MED) Qwan thei crystynnyd were, and the tempyl dedycat, Venus vttyrly excludyd, and Iesu fully possescionat. 2. Of a cleric, religious order, etc.: having temporal possessions or endowments. Cf. possessioner n. 2. ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 444 (MED) Maister Iohn Wyclef..began to sustene openly..conclusions of heresy, and specially ageyne chanons, monkes, and religious men possessionate. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 459 We wolde have destroyede..the kynge, bischopps, chanons, monkes possessionate, and alle men of churche, the frers excepte oonly. 1899 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Age Wycliffe 151 The disendowment of the ‘possessionate’ clergy. 1938 Hist. Rev. 53 696 There was far less convention in the lay-out of mendicant than of possessionate convents. The domestic buildings were more definitely conditioned by the peculiarities of the site. 1961 M. Keen Outlaws of Medieval Legend (1977) xi. 163 The peasants had good cause to hate the possessionate clergy. 1986 S. Tugwell in C. Jones et al. Stud. Spirituality ii. vii. 297 Dominic had a profound personal love of extreme poverty, but..rigorous mendicancy was gradually abandoned, until in 1474 the Order was given permission by the Pope to become possessionate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1449
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