† successaryn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A successor.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > successor
followereOE
successor1297
after-comera1382
nephewa1387
succedentc1440
succeederc1450
successary1486
sequacesa1513
incomer1526
subsequent1560
phoenixa1616
superseder?1774
supersessor1810
epigone1865
sequels in estate1889
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > succession > one who succeeds another in office
successor1297
succeederc1450
successary1486
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. c j b That he and his successaries all way with bataill and swereddys shulde be punyshid.
1520 Chron. Eng. f. 58/1 This man ordeyned yt no bysshop sholde ordeyne his successary.
2. Succession.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun]
successiona1513
success1587
successary?a1625
?a1625 Lawes of Candy i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg2v/1 My peculiar honours, not deriv'd From successary, but purchas'd with my bloud.
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