Bible Dictionary: Predecessor

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) One who has preceded another in any position or office; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

Library

Epistle cxi. To virgilius, Bishop of Arelate (Arles).
... Hence, since the royal purpose as well as the thing desired, urgently demanded effect
to be given to it, letters were sent by our predecessor Vigilius, bishop ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle cxi to virgilius bishop.htm

Letter Xcvi. (AD 408. )
... He might perhaps, indeed, legally retain, without any further difficulty, that which
his predecessor had acquired, though under another name than his own, and ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xcvi a d 408.htm

Epistle xxxix. To Constantius, Bishop.
... Chapters [1564] . Now, if your Fraternity's predecessor Laurentius did
not do this, it ought not to be required of you. But, if ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxxix to constantius bishop.htm

Epistle xxiv. To Marinianus, Bishop.
... especially as the cause could not be pleaded there, where the aforesaid abbot has
complained of having endured injustice from your predecessor and of still ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxiv to marinianus bishop.htm

Epistle xix. To all the Bishops of Dalmatia.
... the archdeacon Honoratus to the order of the priesthood, who thereupon declined
being advanced to a higher order, the latter demanded my predecessor of holy ...
/.../gregory/the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xix to all the.htm

What was done in the Case of Coelestius and Zosimus.
... For who does not see in what degree Coelestius was bound by the interrogations of
your holy predecessor and by the answers of Coelestius, whereby he professed ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 6 iv what was done.htm

But, Before I Make My Answer to Your Letter, I must Expostulate ...
... Yet he speaks of him as his predecessor in the Gospel, and as a pillar of the church;
and he lays before him his mode of preaching, lest he should be running ...
/.../2 but before i make.htm

Gentleness Succeeding Strength
... be set by the side of 'the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob'"express the humility
which seeks to shelter itself behind the example of its mighty predecessor ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/gentleness succeeding strength.htm

Letter vi. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica.
... the precedent of Siricius of blessed remembrance, who then, for the first time,
acting on a fixed method, entrusted them to your last predecessor but one [43 ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter vi to anastasius bishop.htm

The Heresiarchs of that Age.
... [1065] Cerdon [1066] also, Marcion's [1067] predecessor, entered the Church in the ...
5, above, he calls Telesphorus (Hyginus' predecessor) the seventh, in chap. ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xi the heresiarchs of that.htm

Thesaurus

Predecessor (1 Occurrence)
... position. Multi-Version Concordance Predecessor (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles
17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. ...
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Succession (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or
other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc ...
/s/succession.htm - 8k

Priesthood (30 Occurrences)
... According to the Epistle to the Hebrews, Melchizedek, a priest of the highest
rank, had neither predecessor nor successor in his great office. ...
/p/priesthood.htm - 40k

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)
... Aramaic was the official language of the extensive Persian empire, as it had been
to some extent that of its predecessor, the empire of Assyria. ...
/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)
... Baasha began his reign of 24 years by extirpating the house of his predecessor
(1 Kings 15:29), just as the `Abbasids annihilated the Umeiyads. ...
/k/kingdom.htm - 101k

Josiah (51 Occurrences)
... God. The Passover was then celebrated, as in the days of his great predecessor,
Hezekiah, with unusual magnificence. Nevertheless ...
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Festus (14 Occurrences)
... country from many robbers (Sicarii: Josephus, Ant, XX, viii-x; BJ, II, xiv, 1);
but his procuratorship was too short to undo the harm wrought by his predecessor...
/f/festus.htm - 15k

Forerunner (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A predecessor; an ancestor. 3. (n.) A piece of rag terminating the
log line. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FORERUNNER. ...
/f/forerunner.htm - 9k

Elder (34 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior. 4. (n.) An aged
person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor. ...
/e/elder.htm - 27k

Downwards (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another
in a descending line. Multi-Version Concordance Downwards (2 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Predecessor (1 Occurrence)

1 Chronicles 17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
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Subtopics

Predecessor

Related Terms

Succession (2 Occurrences)

Priesthood (30 Occurrences)

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)

Josiah (51 Occurrences)

Festus (14 Occurrences)

Forerunner (3 Occurrences)

Elder (34 Occurrences)

Downwards (2 Occurrences)