Succession
- Succession
- Succession Suc*ces"sion, n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession.
See {Succeed}.]
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of
things in order of time or place, or a series of things so
following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a
succession of disasters.
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2. A series of persons or things according to some
established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings,
or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology.
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He was in the succession to an earldom. --Macaulay.
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3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.
``A long succession must ensue.'' --Milton.
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4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title
of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon
the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also,
the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a
predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of
succeeding, to a throne.
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You have the voice of the king himself for your
succession in Denmark. --Shak.
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The animosity of these factions did not really arise
from the dispute about the succession. --Macaulay.
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5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of
an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an
established order.
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6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or
heir. [R.] --Milton.
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{Apostolical succession}. (Theol.) See under {Apostolical}.
{Succession duty}, a tax imposed on every succession to
property, according to its value and the relation of the
person who succeeds to the previous owner. [Eng.]
{Succession of crops}. (Agric.) See {Rotation of crops},
under {Rotation}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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succession — [sək sesh′ən] n. [OFr < L successio < succedere: see SUCCEED] 1. the act of succeeding or coming after another in order or sequence or to an office, estate, throne, etc. 2. the right to succeed to an office, estate, etc. 3. a number of… … English World dictionary
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