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Definition of the day : « antecessor »

As in precursor : noun something that precedes another
As in predecessor : noun something, someone that comes before
As in prototype : noun original, example
As in parentage : noun ancestry
As in presager : noun precursor
As in forerunner : noun example, sign
As in ancestor : noun predecessor in family
As in ancestry : noun family predecessors; family history
As in antecedent(s) : noun predecessor(s) in family

Example sentences :

But we may especially note the epithet by which the witches are said to have first appealed to the Devil—Antecessor.
Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway

No one of these five sokemen belonged to his antecessor Wigot; every one of them might sell his land.
Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland

We read a good deal of men who were sub-commended to the antecessor of Robert Malet.
Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland

The grantee stepped exactly into the place of the antecessor; he inherited all his rights and all his burthens.
Extract from : « William the Conqueror » by Edward Augustus Freeman

He inherited therewith any disputes as to the extent of the lands of the antecessor or as to the nature of his tenure.
Extract from : « William the Conqueror » by Edward Augustus Freeman

But the grantee often took possession of the whole of the land held by the antecessor, as if it were all alike his own.
Extract from : « William the Conqueror » by Edward Augustus Freeman

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