Emily Dickinson Lexicon

possession (-s), n. [OFr < L. possessiō-nem, seizing, occupation.] (webplay: ears, enter, estate, eternal, glory, good, have, hold, human, injury, just, long, man, obtain, own, permanent, proof, property, sit, wrongful).

1. Property; belonging; asset; resource; holding; wealth; goods; riches.
2. Owning; acquisition; having title or right to personal property.
3. Land; inheritance; [fig.] promised land.