Definition of succession

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Succession (n.) 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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Succession :: Succession (n.) 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..
Clack :: Clack (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object..
Chain :: Chain (n.) A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas..
Heirdom :: Heirdom (n.) The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
Beginning :: Beginning (n.) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states..
Train :: Train (v.) A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
String :: String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments..
Suited :: Suit (n.) Regular order; succession.
File :: File (n.) An orderly succession; a line; a ro.
Coparcenary :: Coparcenary (n.) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.
Revolver :: Revolver (n.) One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater..
Continually :: Continually (adv.) In regular or repeated succession; very often.
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down..
Alternity :: Alternity (n.) Succession by turns; alternation.
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..
Subsellia :: Subsecutive (a.) Following in a train or succession.
Majorat :: Majorat (a.) The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
Variety :: Variety (n.) The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
Suite :: Suite (n.) A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke..
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