1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
Succeeding generations; future times.
3. Noun
all future generations
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