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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Successo(u)rie, n. [17th c. Eng. successorie adj. (1610) succeeding by inheritance, hereditary; Successo(u)r n.] The right of succession to an (ecclesiastical) office. Cf. Successioun n. 3 b. — 1571 Reg. Privy S. VI 244/1.
[To … Gavin, sometime Commendator of Kilwynnyng] as pretendand rycht of the successorie to the said archipischoprie
1593 Acts IV 23/1.
Act in fauour of personis quha wer provydit to the successorie of benefices

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