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predecesseresse (1310-11)

predecesseresse (1310-11)

predecessoresse  (predeceresce)  
  FEW:  praedecessor 9,287b Gdf:  predecesseresse 6,371c GdfC: TL: predecesserresse 7,1705 DEAF:  predecesseor (*)  DMF:  prédecesseresse  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  praedecestrix 2393b

s.f.

lawfemalefemale predecessor, woman who precedes another in an office or function
( 1310-11 )  Maude jadis prioresse etc. predeceresce ceste Isabel  YBB Ed II vi 46
( 1326-27 )  la predecesseresse l’abbesse qe ore est estoit seisie  Rot Parl1 ii 402
( 1341-42 )  La prioresse del hospital de Langestowe porta bref de jure de utrum vers un J., et fist soun title de ceo q’une sa predecessoresse fut seisi en temps de certein roi  YBB 16.2 Ed III 287
( 1345 )  par submission del predecessour la persone sur debat des dismes entre luy et la predecessoresse la prioresse  YBB 19 Ed III 359

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See also:

precessor  predecessere  predecessur 
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predecesseresse