successorial

From successor +‎ -ial.

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.

• predecessorial