Possessioner

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Possessioner \Pos*ses"sion*er\, n.
     1. A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] "Possessioners of
        riches." --E. Hall.
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              Having been of old freemen and possessioners. --Sir


                                                    P. Sidney.
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     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.
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