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Definition of Dispossessions
1. dispossession [n] - See also: dispossession
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dispossessions
Literary usage of Dispossessions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Origines Sacrae: Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and by Edward Stillingfleet (1817)
"Of counterfeit dispossessions. Of Miracles wrought among Infidels. VIII. Of (he
future State of the Church. IX. The Necessity of the Miracles of Christ, ..."
2. Dissertations upon the principles and arrangement of a harmony of the by Edward Greswell (1837)
"On the two dispossessions, and the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost: or the
comparison of Matt. xii. 22-45. with Luke xi. 14-36. 1 HAVE purposely reserved ..."
3. The American Magazine of Civics (1895)
"Thus would be instituted a series of forcible dispossessions and re-dispossessions
until some organization was effected which would define and defend land ..."
4. The Law Journal: Consisting of Original Communications on Legal Subjects (1907)
"not witnessed the Atrocious dispossessions, confiscations, ' and proscriptions;
which hi our times have .convulsed The doctrine of the learned commentator ..."