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Meanings of illustrious predecessor in English

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Usage of illustrious predecessor in English
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He has been confounded with his illustrious predecessor of the same name.
Rashi
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Amberleigh House took five goes to emulate his more illustrious predecessor for Ginger.
The Guardian
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Published in 2010, The Long Song more than lived up to its illustrious predecessor.
The Guardian
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It would indeed be an honour to have him succeed such an illustrious predecessor.
The Irish Times
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It is something even his most illustrious predecessor as party leader, Garret FitzGerald, never achieved.
The Irish Times
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On balance he is less threatening with the ball in his hand than his illustrious predecessor.
The Guardian
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But the message from his illustrious predecessor Jack Charlton is "Keep up the good work."
The Irish Times
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Jason, like his illustrious predecessor, resolved to go over the sea in search of the golden fleece.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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Had his illustrious predecessor been alive, he would have shown the same zeal on the same occasion.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
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It was accordingly ironic that the match which followed was as forgettable as its illustrious predecessor had been historic.
The Irish Times
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The doctors declared him too delicate to undergo the torture of pouring cold water into him, which his illustrious predecessor, Mme.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
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It is Shaw's Pygmalion souped up and tuned into the present, and, like its illustrious predecessor, a work of meat and meaning.
The Irish Times
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Following the example of his illustrious predecessor, he soon led a numerous and chosen army to extend the Oriental conquests of the Egyptians.
Sketches
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Could she be using the uprisings to draw out and finally eliminate the last irksome survivors from the days of Kellanved, her illustrious predecessor?
Return of the Crimson Guard
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He was a prolific composer with a melodic gift, and at this time he was consciously writing in the style of his illustrious predecessor.
The Irish Times
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He worked hard to obtain the Canonisation of his illustrious predecessor, but it was not till four years after his death that Pope John XXII.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford / A Descript...
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