posterity

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These tombs over the ashes of the Rвjв, his wife, and son, are the first that have been built at Tehrо, where their posterity are all to repose in future Notes 1.

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  1. noun Future generations: "Everything he writes is consigned to posterity” (Joyce Carol Oates).
  2. noun All of a person's descendants.

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mankind ·  descendant ·  progeny ·  spectator ·  reader ·  populace ·  critic ·  ancestor ·  offspring ·  admirer ·  heir ·  disciple
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  1. Middle English posterite, from Old French, from Latin posteritās, from posterus, coming after; see posterior.

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  1. Formerly also posteritie; [F. postérité = Spanish posteridad = Portuguese posteridade = Italian posterità, from Latin posterita(t-)s, posterity, from posterus, coming after, in plural as noun, posteri, coming generations. posterity: see posterior.
 

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/pɑsˈtɛrəti/
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