All 3 Uses

succession
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
(Edited)

It is a mystical estate, an apostolic succession, from only begetter to only begotten.
Chpt 9 *

succession = replacement (of one person with another)
As he awaited the fatal signal he tested the edge of his horrible weapon by honing it upon his brawny forearm or decapitated in rapid succession a flock of sheep which had been provided by the admirers of his fell but necessary office.
Chpt 12 *

succession = sequence (one after another)
What discrete succession of images did Stephen meanwhile perceive?
Chpt 17

succession = series (one after another)

Definitions:

(1) (succession as in: a succession of events)
series or sequence (one after another)
(2) (succession as in: presidential line of succession)
replacement -- especially someone to taking a job or position after another leaves it
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)