English Explanatory Dictionary

descendancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or condition of being a descendant.
  2. Descendants considered collectively.
  3. The opposite of ascendancy; the condition of being in the process of losing power or control.

Word forms

descendancy descendancies

Etymology

From descend + -ancy.

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