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Definition of Antecessor
1. n. One who goes before; a predecessor.
Definition of Antecessor
1. Noun. (obsolete) predecessor ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antecessor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antecessor
Literary usage of Antecessor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"199 b, 201 b we hear of the "antecessor" and "antecessores" of Simeon Abbot of Ely.
The word is used equally in ii. 259 to express the predecessor of an ..."
2. Greek Poets in English Verse by William Hyde Appleton (1893)
"JULIANUS antecessor. STAY IN TOWN. STAY in town, little wight, Safe at home : If
you roam, The cranes who delight Upon pygmies to sup, Will gobble you up. ..."
3. Collections for a History of Staffordshire. by William Salt Archaeological Society (1880)
"The antecessor of William de ... by service of one knight's fee under an antecessor
of the Earl of Warwick, ..."
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