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Possessioner

Pos*ses"sion*er\, n. 1. A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] "Possessioners of riches." --E. Hall.

Having been of old freemen and possessioners. --Sir P. Sidney.

2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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