ascendancy

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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

Ascendancy, then, in the old sense, is a thing of the past.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

Pitt's plan of the Union included the abolition of Protestant Ascendancy.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James

Ireland said that the Establishment too must go; and, with the echoed menace of Fenianism ringing in his ears, Mr Gladstone hauled down the official blazon of Ascendancy.

From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)

In the meanwhile," he pulled a small book out of his pocket, "I have here a dainty brochure, entitled, 'Vox Humana—Its Ascendancy over Mere Noise'—otherwise, 'Handbook for Physical Training.'

From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus