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† deˈcessor Obs.
[a. L. dēcēssor one who retires, a retiring officer, in late L. (Augustine, etc.) ‘predecessor’, agent-n. from dēcēdĕre to depart, retire.]
= predecessor.
1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. vii. 128 The Popes may deny Christ as well as their Cheife and Decessor Peter. 1651–3― Serm. for year i. iv. 42 David..humbled himself for the sins of his Ancestors and Decessors. |