Definitions
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
Word origin
Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.
Used in a sentence
“a king's accession to a confederacy”
“The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain.”
“accession to the European Union”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Taking office”9 letters
02“Rise to office”9 letters
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