Posterity Definition

pŏ-stĕrĭ-tē
noun
All of a person's descendants.
Webster's New World
All succeeding generations.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Posterity

  • Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after"), from post (“after") (English post-).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English posterite from Old French from Latin posteritās from posterus coming after posterior

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Displaced Old English words such as æftercneoreso, frumcynn.

    From Wiktionary

Posterity Sentence Examples

  • Let our remotest posterity recall your achievements this day with pride.

  • If you have a video camera, record the show for posterity.

  • Like a true prince of the Renaissance he favoured men of letters whom he trusted to preserve his reputation to posterity.

  • Through the first sin Adam and his posterity lost Immortality, And His Will Received A Bias Towards Evil.

  • With the exception of the pultrelands all the estates he inherited descended to his posterity.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOS

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YTYITY

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Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

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