Both Uses of
succession
in
War and Peace
- I saw them close up their ranks six times in succession and march as if on parade.
Chpt 11 *succession = a row (one after another)
- After the deaths of her son and husband in such rapid succession, she felt herself a being accidentally forgotten in this world and left without aim or object for her existence.
Chpt 15succession = sequence (one after the other)
Definitions:
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(1)
(succession as in: a succession of events) series or sequence (one after another)
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(2)
(succession as in: presidential line of succession) replacement -- especially someone to taking a job or position after another leaves it