Defn: On the side next the axis of inflorescence; — said of an axillary flower. Gray.
POSTERIORITY
Pos*te`ri*or"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. postériorité.]
Defn: The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; — opposed to priority.
POSTERIORLY
Pos*te"ri*or*ly, adv.
Defn: Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
POSTERIORS
Pos*te"ri*ors, n. pl.
Defn: The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.
POSTERITY
Pos*ter"i*ty, n. Etym: [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 [the crown] 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.