double possessive

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.

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Example Sentences

The masks did not seem to shut out the poisonous fog which crept in between the masks and the men's faces and seemed to take bodily possession of their lungs.

From Poisoned Air by Meek, S. P. (Sterner St. Paul)

As she followed behind, the old mystery of the woods seemed at last to have taken bodily possession of him.

From Bride of the Mistletoe by Allen, James Lane

Hence the dramatic poet, as well as the orator, must from the very commencement, by strong impressions, transport his hearers out of themselves, and, as it were, take bodily possession of their attention.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

And Lord Godfrey, Bishop of Bethelem, into bodily possession, I have indented and given to his possession all the aforesaid Lands; which possession he hath received, and entered in form aforesaid.

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack

The demon has now taken bodily possession of him, and though he retains the power of utterance and motion, both are under the demon's control, and his separate consciousness is in abeyance.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry