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succession — noun 1 series of people, things, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ endless, long, never ending ▪ constant, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted ▪ quick … Collocations dictionary
uninterrupted — adj. Uninterrupted is used with these nouns: ↑flow, ↑sleep, ↑succession, ↑view … Collocations dictionary
perpetual succession — Continuous and uninterrupted succession of a corporation so long as it shall continue to exist as a corporation. 18 Am J2d Corp § 65. In the case of a life insurance company, an existence which may run beyond the period for which the corporation… … Ballentine's law dictionary
apostolic succession — Rom. Cath. Ch., Orth. Ch., Anglican Ch. the unbroken line of succession beginning with the apostles and perpetuated through bishops, considered essential for orders and sacraments to be valid. [1830 40] * * * In Christianity, the doctrine that… … Universalium
Apostolic Succession — is the concept in Christianity that the succession of bishops, in uninterrupted lines, is historically traceable back to the original twelve apostles [Oskar Sommel, Rudolf Stählin Christliche Religion, Frankfurt 1960, 19] Within Catholic… … Wikipedia
Apostolical succession — Apostolic Ap os*tol ic, Apostolical Ap os*tol ic*al, a. [L. apostolicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. apostolique.] 1. Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apostolic succession — noun : the succession or descent believed to be uninterrupted from the apostles and perpetuated by successive ordinations of bishops, held (as by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Eastern Orthodox) to be necessary for valid administration of the… … Useful english dictionary
apostolic succession — noun the uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from the Apostles through successive popes and bishops, taught by the Roman Catholic Church but denied by most Protestants … English new terms dictionary
consecutive — /kənˈsɛkjətɪv / (say kuhn sekyuhtiv) adjective 1. following one another in uninterrupted succession; uninterrupted in course or succession; successive. 2. marked by logical sequence. 3. Law (of a sentence) commencing on the expiry of a previous… …
continuity — Absence of interruption, a succession of parts intimately united, e.g., the unbroken conjunction of cells and structures that make up a single bone of the skull. Cf.:contiguity. [L. continuus, continued] * * * con·ti·nu·ity .känt ən (y)ü ət ē n,… … Medical dictionary
