Posterity
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King James Dictionary [1]
Poster'Ity, n. L. posteritas, from posterus, from post, after.
1. Descendants children, children's children, &c. indefinitely the race that proceeds from a progenitor. The whole human race are the posterity of Adam. 2. In a general sense, succeeding generations opposed to ancestors.
To the unhappy that unjustly bleed,
Heav'n gives posterity t' avenge the deed.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) Succeeding generations; future times.
(2): ( 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.
