<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events.</li><li>A number of persons or things following one another in order or sequence.</li><li>The right, act, or process, by which one person succeeds to the office, rank, estate, or the like, of another.</li><li>The order or line of those entitled to succeed one another.</li><li>The descent or transmission of a throne, dignity, estate, or the like.</li><li>The progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established.</li></ul>