(a) Ownership, possession; the fact of holding, occupying, or owning; having; bok of the ~, a written record of a purchase; haven ~, to have ownership or occupancy; taken ~, acquire territory, gain a kingdom; taken ~ of, take possession of (sth.); (b) ben (stonden) in ~ of, to have possession of; haven in ~, possess (sth.); fon (taken) in ~, taken into ~, take possession of (sth.); yeven (relesen) into ~, give (sth. to sb.); in oure (min, theire) ~; (c) chesen in (into) ~, to choose (a people) as one's property; haven ~ of, have (a friend); be husband or lover to (a woman); (d) law actual possession of property, occupancy of land (as contrasted with legal possession); corporal ~, possession of the temporal rights of a benefice; in ~, exercising ownership; in ~ in, actually owning or holding (sth.); (e) law legal ownership, the right to ownership (usually with actual possession).

(a) Sg. & pl. Material property, worldly goods, possessions, wealth; (b) a piece of property; also fig. a condition, thought, etc.; (c) landed property; the inherited or traditional territory of a people.