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Antonyms for antecessor
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : an-tuh-ses-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn təˈsɛs ər |
Definition of 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
- 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
Synonyms for antecessor
- advertisement
- ancestor
- ancestry
- announcement
- antecedent
- antecessor
- archetype
- ascendant
- augury
- birth
- blood
- bloodline
- breed
- breeding
- criterion
- derivation
- descent
- exemplar
- extraction
- family
- first
- forebear
- forebears
- forefather
- forefather/mother
- foregoer
- foremother
- forerunner
- foreshadow
- foreshadower
- foretoken
- forewarning
- former
- founder
- genealogy
- harbinger
- herald
- heritage
- house
- ideal
- indication
- kindred
- line
- lineage
- mark
- mock-up
- model
- norm
- omen
- origin
- original
- originator
- paradigm
- parent
- parentage
- pattern
- pedigree
- pioneer
- portent
- precedent
- precursor
- predecessor
- premonition
- presage
- previous
- primogenitor
- prior
- progenitor
- prognostic
- prototype
- race
- seed
- sign
- source
- standard
- stock
- token
- type
- warning
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