- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Succeeding generations; future times.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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