Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 8 compound words that contain succession. The most common are listed below. Open succession in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- war of successionA war prompted by a succession crisis in which two or more individuals claim the right of successor to a deceased or deposed monarch.
- line of successionAn ordered sequence of named people who would succeed to a particular office upon the death, resignation or removal of the current occupant; constructed using the rules of an established order of succession.
- order of successionA formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant.
- rule of successionA formula used to estimate underlying probabilities when there are few observations, or for events that have not been observed to occur at all in (finite) sample data.
- apostolic successionThe unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.
- turn in successionTo change course one at a time in sequence, with all ships following the track of the leading ship as if on rails and turning at the same location, so as to preserve the layout of the battleline throughout the turn.
- turned in successionsimple past and past participle of turn in succession
- turns in successionthird-person singular simple present indicative of turn in succession: To change course one at a time in sequence, with all ships following the track of the leading ship as if on rails and turning at the same location, so as to preserve …
- turning in successionpresent participle and gerund of turn in succession
- in quick successionHappening or occurring rapidly and sequentially at very short intervals.
- lines of successionplural of line of succession: An ordered sequence of named people who would succeed to a particular office upon the death, resignation or removal of the current occupant; constructed using the rules of an established order of succession.
- orders of successionplural of order of succession: A formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant.
- succession dutya tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner.
- succession of tensesSynonym of consecutio temporum: A set of grammatical rules of a particular language, governing the agreement between the tenses of verbs in related clauses or sentences; agreement between tenses of verbs in accordance with said set of …
- agreement as to successionAn agreement about which government's succession regulation applies when a party dies.
Compound words 8
- autosuccessionAn ecological succession, in which a species promotes its own continuation, so that initial population and climax are the same.
- nonsuccessionAbsence of succession.
- successionismsuccessionist beliefs
- successionistOne who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.
- successionlessWithout succession.
- successionalsplural of successional: Of, related to or caused by succession
- successionaryRelating to succession.
- successionistsplural of successionist: One who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.