Both Uses of
ascendant
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Traces of elephantiasis have been discovered among his ascendants.†
Chpt 15 *
- The presence of guttural sounds, diacritic aspirations, 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 and Ghemara), Massor, Pentateuch, Book of the Dun Cow, Book of Ballymote, Garland of Howth, Book of Kells: their dispersal, persecution, survival and revival: th†
Chpt 17ascendant = moving upward; or in a state of being dominant
Definition:
moving upward
or:
position or state of being dominant or in control
or:
position or state of being dominant or in control