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AbscessionAbscession Ab*sces"sion, n. [L. abscessio a separation; fr.
absedere. See Abscess.]
A separating; removal; also, an abscess. [Obs.] --Gauden.
Barrough. Accessional
Accessional Ac*ces"sion*al, a.
Pertaining to accession; additional. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Apostolical successionSuccession Suc*ces"sion, n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession.
See Succeed.]
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of
things in order of time or place, or a series of things so
following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a
succession of disasters.
2. A series of persons or things according to some
established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings,
or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology.
He was in the succession to an earldom. --Macaulay.
3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.
``A long succession must ensue.' --Milton.
4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title
of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon
the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also,
the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a
predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of
succeeding, to a throne.
You have the voice of the king himself for your
succession in Denmark. --Shak.
The animosity of these factions did not really arise
from the dispute about the succession. --Macaulay.
5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of
an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an
established order.
6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or
heir. [R.] --Milton.
Apostolical succession. (Theol.) See under Apostolical.
Succession duty, a tax imposed on every succession to
property, according to its value and the relation of the
person who succeeds to the previous owner. Apostolical successionApostolic 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.
2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or
taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
Apostolical brief. See under Brief.
Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts
relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to
the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second
and third centuries.
Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on
account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order.
The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem
were called apostolic churches.
Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to
the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same
authors or author.
Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born
in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the
apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and
Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added.
Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope
to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive
propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of
the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of
Austria in right of the throne of Hungary.
Apostolic see, a see founded and governed by an apostle;
specifically, the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in
the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of
St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only
apostle who has successors in the apostolic office.
Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted
transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of
bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period.
--Hook. C processioneaProcessionary Pro*ces"sion*a*ry, a. [Cf. LL. processionarius,
F. processionnaire.]
Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as,
processionary service.
Processionary moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus
Cnethocampa, especially C. processionea of Europe,
whose larv[ae] make large webs on oak trees, and go out to
feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging
hairs. CessionaryCessionary Ces"sion*a*ry, a. [LL. cessionarius, from
cessionare to cede, fr. L. cessio: cf. F. cessionnaire. See
Cession.]
Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt.
--Martin. Circumincession
Circumincession Cir`cum*in*ces"sion, n. [Pref. circum- + L.
incedere, incessum, to walk.] (Theol.)
The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons
of the Trinity.
ConcessionConcession Con*ces"sion, n. [L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf.
F. concession. See Concede.]
1. The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a
demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from
giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.
By mutual concession the business was adjusted.
--Hallam.
2. A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a
grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right
to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.
This is therefore a concession, that he doth . . .
believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain.
--Sharp.
When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances
without further pursuits, then expect to find
popular assemblies content with small concessions.
--Swift. Concessionaire
Concessionaire Con*ces`sion*aire", Concessionnaire
Con`ces`sion`naire", n. [F. concessionnaire.]
The beneficiary of a concession or grant.
ConcessionaryConcessionary Con*ces"sion*a*ry, a.
Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. -ries. A
concessionaire. Concessionist
Concessionist Con*ces"sion*ist, n.
One who favors concession.
Concessionnaire
Concessionaire Con*ces`sion*aire", Concessionnaire
Con`ces`sion`naire", n. [F. concessionnaire.]
The beneficiary of a concession or grant.
DecessionDecession De*ces"sion, n. [L. decessio, fr. decedere to
depart. See Decease, n.]
Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor. DiscessionDiscession Dis*ces"sion, n. [L. discessio, fr. discedere,
discessum. See Discede.]
Departure. [Obs.] Incession
Incession In*ces"sion, n. [L. incedere, incessum, to walk.]
Motion on foot; progress in walking. [Obs.]
The incession or local motion of animals. --Sir T.
Browne.
IntercessionIntercession In`ter*ces"sion, n. [L. intercessio an
intervention, a becoming surety: cf. F. intercession. See
Intercede.]
The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between
parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer,
petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against,
another or others.
But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which can not be uttered. --Rom. viii.
26. Intercessional
Intercessional In`ter*ces"sion*al, a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by,
intercession or entreaty.
Intercessionate
Intercessionate In`ter*ces"sion*ate, v. t.
To entreat. [Obs.]
Introcession
Introcession In`tro*ces"sion, n. [L. introcedere, introcessum,
to go in; intro within + cedere to go.] (Med.)
A depression, or inward sinking of parts.
Lunisolar precessionLunisolar Lu"ni*so"lar, a. [L. luna moon + E. solar: cf. F.
lunisolaire.]
Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual
relations, of the sun and moon.
Lunisolar precession (Astron.), that portion of the annual
precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint
action of the sun and moon.
Lunisolar year, a period of time, at the end of which, in
the Julian calendar, the new and full moons and the
eclipses recur on the same days of the week and month and
year as in the previous period. It consists of 532 common
years, being the least common multiple of the numbers of
years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of the moon. Precessional
Precessional Pre*ces"sion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement
of the equinoxes.
Procession
Procession Pro*ces"sion, v. t. (Law)
To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as
lands. [Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee).] ``To
procession the lands of such persons as desire it.'
--Burrill.
Procession
Procession Pro*ces"sion, v. i.
To march in procession. [R.]
Procession
Procession Pro*ces"sion, v. i.
To honor with a procession. [R.]
Processional
Processional Pro*ces"sion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.
The processional services became more frequent.
--Milman.
Processional
Processional Pro*ces"sion*al, n. [F. processionnal, LL.
processionale.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A service book relating to ecclesiastical
processions. --J. Gregory.
2. A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church
procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn.
Processionalist
Processionalist Pro*ces"sion*al*ist, n.
One who goes or marches in a procession. [R.]
ProcessionaryProcessionary Pro*ces"sion*a*ry, a. [Cf. LL. processionarius,
F. processionnaire.]
Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as,
processionary service.
Processionary moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus
Cnethocampa, especially C. processionea of Europe,
whose larv[ae] make large webs on oak trees, and go out to
feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging
hairs. Processionary mothProcessionary Pro*ces"sion*a*ry, a. [Cf. LL. processionarius,
F. processionnaire.]
Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as,
processionary service.
Processionary moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus
Cnethocampa, especially C. processionea of Europe,
whose larv[ae] make large webs on oak trees, and go out to
feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging
hairs. Processioner
Processioner Pro*ces"sion*er, n.
1. One who takes part in a procession.
2. A manual of processions; a processional. --Fuller.
3. An officer appointed to procession lands. [Local, U. S.
(North Carolina and Tennessee).] --Burrill.
Meaning of Cession from wikipedia
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