as·cen·dance

as·cen·dance
/əˈsɛndəns/ noun [noncount]
chiefly US
1 : the act of rising or moving up : the act of ascending

Abraham Lincoln's ascendance [=(more commonly) ascent, ascension] to the presidency

her ascendance [=(more commonly) ascent] to/into heaven

2 :ascendancy

gain/lose ascendance


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