Apostolical succession

	the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. - Hook.
(Theol.)	See under Apostolical.

See also: Apostolic, Succession

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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