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supersession|s(j)uːpəˈsɛʃən|
Also 8–9 -cession.
[ad. med.L. supersessio (-cessio), -ōnem, n. of action f. supersess-, supersedēre to supersede. Cf. F. supersession.]
The action of superseding or condition of being superseded.
†1. Cessation, discontinuance. Obs. rare—0.
1656Blount Glossogr. [copying Cotgrave], Supersession, a surceasing, a leaving off, or giving over.
2. The setting aside, abrogation, or annulment of a rule, law, authority, conditions, etc.
1790Paley Horæ Paul. v. (1809) 167 Our Epistle..avows in direct terms the supersession of the Jewish law, as an instrument of salvation even to the Jews themselves. 1798Bay's Amer. Law Rep. (1809) I. 192 The election of a new sheriff was a supercession of the former's office. 1859Tennent Ceylon vi. iii. II. 73 Their chiefs and headmen, insulted by the supercession of their authority. 1893Times 3 June 9/4 The supersession of a number of amendments by the application of the closure to a whole clause.
3. The removal of a person from office and substitution of another in his place; also, the passing over or setting aside of a person in promotion.
1801Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) I. 306 My supercession must have been occasioned, either by my own misconduct, or by an alteration of the sentiments of the Governor General. 1809Ibid. IV. 370 These officers are injured by the temporary supercession of themselves by their juniors. 1841Elphinstone Hist. India xii. iv. II. 667 He immediately gave the appointment of commander-in-chief to Ahmed Khán Bangash,..in supersession of Najib u doula. 1894Wolseley Marlborough I. 25 Captain Aylmer was made Admiral over his head. This supercession followed soon upon his eldest brother's disgrace. 1912Times 19 Dec. 11/1 The disciplinary action taken by the Board of Admiralty..involved the supersession of one officer and the censure of another.
4. The process of displacing, or condition of being displaced by another.
1855G. B. Wood Treat. Pract. Med. (ed. 4) I. 227 Supersession. By this process is meant the displacing or prevention of one affection by the establishment of another in the seat of it. 1865Times 25 Jan. 12/2 That vessel..since her supercession for Her Majesty's personal use by the Victoria and Albert. 1875M. Pattison Casaubon 487 It is the fate of science that the books, in which it is consigned, are in a constant state of supersession. 1892Lydekker Phases Anim. Life 37 The supersession of the Pterodactyles by the Birds as the lords of the air. 1912W. H. Stevenson in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 22 note, The supersession of aratrum by carruca among the Gauls. |