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POSTERITY

\pɒstˈɛɹɪti], \pɒstˈɛɹɪti], \p_ɒ_s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of POSTERITY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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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.
Succeeding generations; future times.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Future generations; descendants.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Those coming after: succeeding generations: a race.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Following generations; descendants.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [Latin] The race that proceeds from a progenitor ; offspring ; descendants; succeeding generations, as opposed to ancestors.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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