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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Successionist

· Suc·ces·sion·ist · IPA
01 n. A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic…
  1. 1.
    A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.(Eccl.)