Pos‐ter″i‐ty (?), n. [L. posteritas: cf. F. postérité. See Posterior.] 1. 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.
If should not stand in thy posterity. Shak.
2. Succeeding generations; future times. Shak.
Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Shak.
Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Smalridge.