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ascendances

ascendances is the plural of ascendance.

Meaning of ascendance

Noun

ascendance (countable and uncountable, plural ascendances)

  1. Ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending.
    • The phenomenon coincides with the ascendance of Sinn Féin. Once an IRA mouthpiece with fringe support, it is now Ireland’s most popular party and appears poised to lead the next government.2022 October 21, Rory Carroll, “Ireland grapples with singing of pro-IRA chant”, in The Guardian

Questions about ascendances

What is ascendances the plural of?
Ascendances is the plural of ascendance.

Words near ascendances in the dictionary

  1. Ascencions
  2. Ascencios
  3. ascend
  4. ascendable
  5. ascendance
  6. ascendances
  7. ascendancies
  8. ascendancy
  9. ascendant
  10. ascendantly
  11. ascendants

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