adverb
possessiōnātē
possessiōnātē (not comparable)
Classical[pɔs.sɛs.si.oːˈnaː.teː]Ecclesiastical[pos.ses.si.oˈnaː.te]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinnot comparablewith property
quīcunque religiōsus assūmpserit dignitātem[…]abbātis[…]possessiōnātē vel exproprietāriē plūs propter dignitātem[…]mundānam quam[…]
whichever religious person has taken up the dignity […] of an abbot […] with property or without property more for the sake of worldly […] dignity than […]1379 – 1380, John Wycliffe, De Simonia 17
Origins
From possessiōnātus + -ē.