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One holding possessions of the greatest value (11)

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I believe the answer is:

materialist

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'one holding possessions of the greatest value' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Another definition for materialist that I've seen is " not caring for the spiritual life?".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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