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English
Noun
apostolic succession (countable and uncountable, plural apostolic successions)
- (Christianity) The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.
Translations
chain of consecrations of bishops