dispossession

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ possession

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪspəˈzɛʃn̩/

Noun

dispossession (countable and uncountable, plural dispossessions)

  1. The act of dispossessing someone of something.
  2. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 462:
      There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.
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