a priceless work of art that must be kept for posterityposteritypos‧ter‧i‧ty /pɒˈsterəti $ pɑː-/ noun [uncountable] formal 
a priceless work of art that must be kept for posterity
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- If you want your hand written words of wisdom saved for posterity use quality paper and permanent ink.
- It is hard to know now whether Eden was really being serious, or merely protecting himself for posterity.
- It so happens that Parrhasios composed his own review for posterity, namely the epitaph inscribed on his tombstone.
- Not only would that further damage his image for posterity.
- One can imagine them forthrightly shaking hands and congratulating and thanking each other, but the words are lost to posterity.
- Perhaps she simply wanted to hear herself perform, unless of course she hoped to leave posterity an example of her playing.
- Such a pleasure I hope is before us and our posterity under the influence of the new government...
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a priceless work of art that must be kept for posterityCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
all the people in the future who will be alive after you are deadpreserve/record/keep etc something for posterity a priceless work of art that must be kept for posterity· This wise precaution preserved the Garden for posterity.· It was preserved for posterity with David's Mum smiling away - bless her heart.
· Read in studio A tiny wartime airfield that grew into Britain's biggest military airport now has its story recorded for posterity.
a priceless work of art that must be kept for posterity