Pos*ter"i*ty (?), n. [L. posteritas: cf. F. post'erit'e. 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.
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