successorial

English

Etymology

From successor +‎ -ial.

Adjective

successorial (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or subsisting as, a successor; subsequent; supersessive
   • 2011, Frederick Bruce Bird, Frances Westley, Voices from the Voluntary Sector: Perspectives on Leadership Challenges, University of Toronto Press - Toronto Buffalo London, page 89

     To yet another source of recognition of legitimate successorial authority, in which charisma may be transmitted by ritual means from one bearer to another.

See also

• predecessorial