Sŭc'ce-dā'ne-ŭm, n.

noun

(124), n.; pl. Sŭc'ce-dā'ne-ā. [Lat. See supra.] One who succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute. In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. H. Walpole.