释义 |
predecession rare.|priːdɪˈsɛʃən| [n. of action f. stem of predecess-or; cf. med.L. prædēcessiōn-em (Du Cange).] The action or condition of preceding in any position; the being a predecessor.
1647Ward Simp. Cobler 51 Progenitors have had them for four and twenty predecessions. 1855H. Martineau Autobiog. (1877) III. 255 How much Judaism owes to Egyptian predecession. |