he was in full possession of all his faculties

  • 1possession — pos|ses|sion W3 [pəˈzeʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(having something)¦ 2¦(something you own)¦ 3¦(crime)¦ 4¦(sport)¦ 5¦(country)¦ 6¦(evil spirits)¦ 7 in (full) possession of your faculties/senses 8 possession is nine tenths of the law ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) …

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  • 2possession — pos|ses|sion [ pə zeʃn ] noun ** ▸ 1 something you own ▸ 2 having/owning something ▸ 3 having something illegal ▸ 4 country governed ▸ 5 when spirit controls someone ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count usually plural something that you own: Their family home… …

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  • 3possession */*/ — UK [pəˈzeʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms possession : singular possession plural possessions 1) [countable, usually plural] something that you own Their family home and possessions were destroyed in the fire. all your worldly possessions (=… …

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  • 4Demonic possession — Part of a series of articles on the paranormal Main articles Afterlife · Astral projection · Aura · Clairvoyance · Close encounter · Cold spo …

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  • 5faculty */*/ — UK [ˈfæk(ə)ltɪ] / US noun Word forms faculty : singular faculty plural faculties 1) [countable] a department or group of departments in a university the Faculty of Medicine the Law Faculty 2) [uncountable] American all the teachers in a… …

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  • 6faculty — fac|ul|ty [ fæklti ] noun ** 1. ) count a department or group of departments in a university: the Faculty of Medicine the Law Faculty 2. ) uncount AMERICAN all the teachers in a university, college, or school: a meeting for students, faculty, and …

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  • 7PENTATEUCH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction definition outline contents and structure the primeval history the patriarchs the exodus Sinai/Horeb Covenant and Laws the journey Moses Farewell the authors doublets and… …

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  • 8Tanistry — was a system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist (Irish Tánaiste ; Scottish Gaelic Tànaiste ; Manx Tanishtagh ) was the office of heir apparent, or second in command, among the (royal) Gaelic patrilineal dynasties of… …

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  • 9faculty — noun 1 natural ability of the body/mind ADJECTIVE ▪ higher ▪ the evolution of man s higher faculties ▪ cognitive, intellectual, mental, rational ▪ …

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  • 10Heinrich Rudolf Hermann Friedrich von Gneist — (13 August 1816 ndash; 22 July 1895), German jurist and politician, was born at Berlin, the son of a judge attached to the Kammergericht (court of appeal) in that city. Biography After receiving his secondary education at the gymnasium at… …

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