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successionists

successionists is the plural of successionist.

Meaning of successionist

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.

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Questions about successionists

What is successionists the plural of?
Successionists is the plural of successionist.

Words near successionists in the dictionary

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

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