Category:Posterity

Pos*ter"i*ty, n. Etym: [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.