Definition for
succession
noun – A following of things in order; consecution; also, a series of things following one another, either in time or in place.
noun – The act or right of succeeding to the place, proper dignity, functions, or rights of another; the act or right of succeeding or coming to an inheritance; the act or right of enteringupon an office, rank, etc., held by another: as, he holds the property by the title of succession; also, a line of persons so succeeding.
noun – Especially— The act of succeeding under established custom or law to the dignity and rights of a sovereign; also, a line of sovereigns thus following one another.
noun –
Eccles., the act of succeeding to clerical office or receiving transmitted authority through ordination; a series of persons so succeeding. See
noun – An order or series of descendants; lineage; successors collectively; heirs.
noun – In biology, descent with modification in unbroken evolutionary series; the sequence of organic forms thus developed; the fact or the result of evolution or development along any line of descent or during any period of time.
noun – A person succeeding to rank, office, or the; like.
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