Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or office of a successor; the position of being in the line of succession.
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Examples
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In the typical sale of a company, the union would not be involved, but the Steelworkers had the foresight long ago to get provisions in contracts to obligate companies to include them in what are called successorship and right-to-bid clauses.
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In which case, it's possible that Putin will become the victim of his own creation -- Medvedev's "successorship" and the power duumvirate.
Matvey Ganapolskiy: Imagine That! Putin Might Not Be So Pure After All. 2010
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In which case, it's possible that Putin will become the victim of his own creation -- Medvedev's "successorship" and the power duumvirate.
Imagine That! Putin Might Not Be So Pure After All. Matvey Ganapolskiy 2010
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Whereas caliphate implies a politico-religious Muslim state governed by a political leader, khilafat refers to the Islamic institution of spiritual successorship.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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After the assassination of the last of the rightly-guided khalifas, debate over successorship resulted in a major split in Islam into Sunni and Shia branches.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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After the assassination of the last of the rightly-guided khalifas, debate over successorship resulted in a major split in Islam into Sunni and Shia branches.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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After the assassination of the last of the rightly-guided khalifas, debate over successorship resulted in a major split in Islam into Sunni and Shia branches.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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After the assassination of the last of the rightly-guided khalifas, debate over successorship resulted in a major split in Islam into Sunni and Shia branches.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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Whereas caliphate implies a politico-religious Muslim state governed by a political leader, khilafat refers to the Islamic institution of spiritual successorship.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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Whereas caliphate implies a politico-religious Muslim state governed by a political leader, khilafat refers to the Islamic institution of spiritual successorship.
Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate' Harris Zafar 2011
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