Ascendancy

noun

Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.nounThe process or period of one's ascent

"This was a key moment in Caesar's ascendancy."

2.nounSupremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant

3.nounA class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century

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