succession

Definitions

1. noun

   An act of following in sequence.

   ≈posteriority
2. noun

   A sequence of things in order.

   ≈sequence
3. noun

   A passing of royal powers.

4. noun

   A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.

5. noun

   A race or series of descendants.

6. noun

   Rotation, as of crops.

7. noun

   A right to take possession.

8. noun

   In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.

9. noun

   The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.

   Example

   • long descent of Kings , whose names only for many successions without other memory stand thus register'd