ascendance

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ascendance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ascendancy \As*cend"an*cy\, Ascendance \As*cend"ance\, n.
     Same as Ascendency.
     [1913 Webster]

ascendance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ascendance
      n 1: the state that exists when one person or group has power
           over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was
           really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn:
           dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy,
           ascendency, control]