The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
Use in sentences of POSSESSION
Meaning of POSSESSION in English
The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.