Both Uses of
ascendant
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Traces of elephantiasis have been discovered among his ascendants.†
Chpt 15 *
- …epenthetic and servile letters in both languages: their antiquity, both having been taught on the plain of Shinar 242 years after the deluge in the seminary instituted by Fenius Farsaigh, descendant of Noah, progenitor of Israel, and ascendant of Heber and Heremon, progenitors of Ireland: their archaeological, genealogical, hagiographical, exegetical, homiletic, toponomastic, historical and religious literatures comprising the works of rabbis and culdees, Torah, Talmud (Mischna…†
Chpt 17
Definition:
-
(ascendant) moving upward
or:
position or state of being dominant or in control