"prædecessor" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1447, Let. Coldingham, Sur. Soc. 12, page 160",
          "text": "Oure said brother, your prædecessor, paide to him c li. of Scottez money.",
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          "ref": "1716, John Flamsteed, Letter to Mr. Abraham Sharp; letter 1,421 in The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer Royal (CRC Press; →ISBN, 9780750307635) published in 1997 by Eric G Forbes, Murdin Lesley, and Frances Willmoth (editors), page 790",
          "text": "Mr Thomas Smith your prædecessor has been dead about 16 or 17 years he was never concerned with the Army accounts."
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        "Obsolete spelling of predecessor"
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  "word": "prædecessor"
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          "ref": "1447, Let. Coldingham, Sur. Soc. 12, page 160",
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        },
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          "text": "Mr Thomas Smith your prædecessor has been dead about 16 or 17 years he was never concerned with the Army accounts."
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