Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, hierarchy etc..

  2. Someone who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, hierarchy etc..

    Someone who insists that only apostolic succession is valid for ecclesiastical orders.

Origin

From succession + -ist.

From succession + -ist.

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