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successionist

successionist noun: someone who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, hierarchy etc..

Noun

successionist (plural successionists)

  1. Someone who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, hierarchy etc..
    1. Someone who insists that only apostolic succession is valid for ecclesiastical orders.

Adjective

successionist (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to successionism or successionists.
    • successionist Muslims

successionist meaning in Tamil

successionist in Tamil

பரம்பரைக் கோட்பாட்டாளர்

Forms of successionist

pluralsuccessionists

Origin of successionist

From succession + -ist.

Words formed from successionist

  • AI successionist

Questions about successionist

What does successionist mean?
Successionist means someone who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, hierarchy etc..
What is successionist in Tamil?
Successionist in Tamil is பரம்பரைக் கோட்பாட்டாளர். See Successionist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is successionist?
Successionist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of successionist?
The plural of successionist is successionists.

Words near successionist in the dictionary

  1. successional
  2. successionally
  3. successionals
  4. successionary
  5. successionism
  6. successionist
  7. successionistic
  8. successionists
  9. successionless
  10. successionlessness
  11. successions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: successionist (page history and authors); successionist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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