Meaning of POSTERITY
| Pronunciation: | | pâ'steritee
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- [n] all future generations
- [n] all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
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| | See Also: | | biological group, generation | |
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| | Definition: | |  Posterity
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pos*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. posteritas: cf. F.
post['e]rit['e]. See {Posterior}.]
1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the
furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who
are descended from an ancestor of a generation;
descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the
posterity of Abraham.
If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity.
--Shak.
2. Succeeding generations; future times. --Shak.
Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
--Shak.
Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
--Smalridge.
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| | Related Terms: | | aftermath, agnate, ancestry, backup man, blood, blood relation, blood relative, brood, children, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, conclusion, connections, consanguinean, consequence, descendant, descendants, distaff side, distant relation, dynasty, effect, enate, family, flesh, flesh and blood, folks, german, heir, heirs, inheritor, issue, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, line, lineage, near relation, next of kin, offspring, people, progeniture, progeny, relations, relatives, replacement, seed, sequel, sib, sibling, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, successor, successors, sword side, tribesman, uterine kin |
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