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ascendancy

[uh-sen-duhn-see] / əˈsɛn dən si /


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And here in the United States, a recurring theme of the Gingrich Ascendancy is that this or that Federal Government program should be turned over to the states.

From Time Magazine Archive

They formed, with Dublin Castle, part of the great machinery of Protestant Ascendancy.

From Home Rule Second Edition by Spender, Harold

Since then there has been no more trouble about Ascendancy.

From Home Rule Second Edition by Spender, Harold

He accordingly commenced with the King, Protestant Ascendancy, the Gates of Bandon, with several other toasts peculiar to the time and place.

From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

The Ascendancy of Monarchy.—Outside of Switzerland the faint beginning of popular representation was gradually overcome by the ascendancy of monarchy.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)




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