Dynasty

//ˈdaɪnəsti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

    "Habsburg dynasty; Ottoman dynasty"

  2. 2
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family wordnet
  3. 3
    A family considered over time, with its ancestors and descendants

    "To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the good families and in the fiery dynasties, life is family and family is life. It is the same people who give advice and their vices to live well who turn out to be the ones who give resource and reason to live long."

  4. 4
    The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.

    "During the Ming dynasty, China was ruled by the Zhu family."

  5. 5
    A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.

Synonyms

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houseaftermathclanconclusionconsequencedescendant

Example

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"The Tudor Dynasty fell in the year 1603."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).

Related phrases

Han dynastyMing dynastyQing dynastySatavahana dynastySong dynastySui dynastyTang dynastyYuan dynastyfamily ruleinherited empirelong ruleminus part

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