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Meaning of ascendency

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ascendency

noun

Definitions

  1. The process or period of one's ascent

    Example: This was a key moment in Caesar's ascendancy.

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

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