Both Uses of
posterity
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- your name shall descend to posterity!†
Chpt 1.1.5 *
- I do not see why history has not transmitted to posterity the names of these four discreet and venerable damsels.†
Chpt 1.4.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(posterity) all future generations
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, posterity can refer to the future generations descended from an individual.