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What is an ascendancy?

What is an ascendancy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The process or period of one's ascent
  2. Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
  3. A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
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Roman classicism had inspired Palladian architecture which was favoured by the Whig ascendancy in Britain.
By that stage even the Federal and High Courts will be starting to reflect the conservative ascendancy.
The retailer's ascendancy was expected after both companies issued their 2001 results earlier this year.
The global ascendancy and supremacy of the West is crucial for understanding IR even today.
Cities often stumble onto projects and developments that turn them around, delivering them from a period of decline to one of ascendancy.
Following his downfall, the conservatives in economic and religious positions are in the ascendancy.

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