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descendancy

descendancy noun: the quality or condition of being a descendant.

Noun

descendancy (countable and uncountable, plural descendancies)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or condition of being a descendant.
    • The principal concern of the priestly writers was to legitimate the role of Aaron by demonstrating his descendancy from the priestly lineage of Levi.1993, Stephen J. Binz, The God of Freedom and Life: A Commentary on the Book of Exodus
  2. (countable) Descendants considered collectively.
    • His sections in the book include Types of Genealogical Projects (pedigrees, lineages, descendancies, relationships).1989, Ontario Genealogical Society, Families, Volumes 28-29
  3. (uncountable) The opposite of ascendancy; the condition of being in the process of losing power or control.

Forms of descendancy

pluraldescendancies

Origin of descendancy

From descend + -ancy.

Questions about descendancy

What does descendancy mean?
Descendancy means the quality or condition of being a descendant.
What part of speech is descendancy?
Descendancy is a noun.
What is the plural of descendancy?
The plural of descendancy is descendancies.

Words near descendancy in the dictionary

  1. descend on
  2. descend upon
  3. descendable
  4. descendance
  5. descendancies
  6. descendancy
  7. descendant
  8. descendantless
  9. descendants
  10. descended
  11. descended into the arena

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