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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Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
Suit :: Suit (n.) Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t..
Vicissitude :: Vicissitude (n.) Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
Map :: Map (n.) Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map..
On :: On (prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on..
Line :: Line (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings..
Step :: Step (a.) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession..
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..
Continuance :: Continuance (n.) Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
Seriality :: Seriality (n.) The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence.
Devolve :: Devolve (v. i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank..
Hook :: Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession.
Repeating :: Repeating (a.) Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch..
Homage :: Homage (n.) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign..
Section :: Section (n.) The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile..
Proliferation :: Proliferation (n.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession..
Practice :: Practice (n.) Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise..
Clack :: Clack (v. t.) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click..
Course :: Course (n.) The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..
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