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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=decessor decessoris N M :: magistrate retiring from his post (in the Roman provincial adminstration)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēcessor</b>: ōris, m. [[decedo]], no. I. B. 2,<br /><b>I</b> one [[who]] retires from a [[province]] he has governed; [[hence]], [[with]] [[reference]] to his [[successor]], a [[retiring]] [[officer]] ([[rare]]): successori [[decessor]] invidit, Cic. Scaur. Fragm. § 33, p. 187 ed. Beier; so Tac. Agr. 7; Dig. 1, 16, 4, § 4.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., a [[predecessor]] in [[office]] ([[late]] Lat.), August. in Psal. 43, 16 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēcessŏr</b>,¹⁵ ōris, m. ([[decedo]]), le sortant, le prédécesseur, magistrat qui sort de charge, c.-à-d. quitte une province après avoir fait son temps : Cic. Scauro 33 ; Tac. Agr. 7.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēcessor, ōris, m. ([[decedo]]), der Amtsvorgänger, Cic. Scaur. fr. 33. Tac. Agr. 7. Ulp. dig. 1, 16, 4. § 4. Spart. Pesc. 4, 1. Symm. relat. 34, 3. p. 47, 17 M. Amm. 18, 6, 1.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=decessor, oris. m. :: [[先任]]。[[先官]]。[[前任]]
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