01 n. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an a…
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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.“If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity.” — Shak.
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Succeeding generations; future times.“Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.” — Shak.“Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.” — Smalridge.