possessionary

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pəˈzɛʃəˌnɛri/ UK /pəˈzɛʃənəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
of or relating to possession; held in possession

The deed established his possessionary claim to the land.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · of or relating to... proprietarypossessorypossessional

Word family

Related forms possession possess possessor possessive

Etymology

From possession + -ary, ultimately from Latin possessio ('a possessing'), from possidēre ('to possess, occupy').

possessio Latin possidēre Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# possessionary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /pəˈzɛʃəˌnɛri/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈzɛʃənəri/

## Meanings
1. of or relating to possession; held in possession

## Examples
- The deed established his possessionary claim to the land.

## Synonyms
- proprietary
- possessory
- possessional

## Related Forms
- possession
- possess
- possessor
- possessive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: possessio
- Root: possidēre

## Etymology
From possession + -ary, ultimately from Latin possessio ('a possessing'), from possidēre ('to possess, occupy').

## AI Etymology
Possessionary is from possession + -ary, ultimately from Latin possessio ('a possessing'), from possidēre ('to possess, occupy'). Important recorded forms include possessio (Latin) and possidēre (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers of or relating to possession; held in possession. The wider family includes related words such as possession, possess, possessor, and possessive.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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