supersession

[ soo-per-sesh-uhn ]

noun

1. the act of superseding.
2. the state of being superseded.

Word History and Origins

Origin of supersession¹

1650–60; < Medieval Latin supersessiōn- (stem of supersessiō ), equivalent to Latin supersess ( us ) (past participle of supersedēre to supersede ) + -iōn- -ion; session

Example Sentences

Electric tramcars, in supersession of horse-traction, run through the city and suburbs since April 10, 1905.

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We realise that the foregoing recommendations amount to the complete supersession of the Poor Law, and, indeed, to its abolition.

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He tries to find them in the supposed infidelity of his wife with Othello and in his supersession by Cassio.

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If such rapid supersession be the law, who can expect in departing to leave footprints in the annals of so shifting a science?

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He was accustomed to imagine it lighted and warmed by a presence out of Heaven—that presence was in danger of supersession.

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