ascendence

Variant of ascendancy

ascendancy definition

as·cend·ancy or ascendency as·cend′·ency (ə sen′dən sē)

noun

a position in which one has control or power; supremacy; domination
also ascendance as·cend′·ance or ascendence as·cend′·ence

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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