Definition of Postirity
Pos*ter"i*ty (?), n. [L.
posteritas: cf. F. postérité. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
POSTERITY, n. An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a
popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure
competitor.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- all the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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