dynasty
[dahy-nuh-stee; British also din-uh-stee]
- a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty.
- the rule of such a sequence.
- a series of members of a family who are distinguished for their success, wealth, etc.
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Origin of dynasty
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Contemporary Examples
But some of the most obvious places where dynastic power can be seen are on the executive side of the business.
Might that be Hafsat herself, a dynastic political power and dedicated public servant already?
“The dynastic choice is the only viable one,” wrote director Alessandro Sallusti.
The Russian Revolution summed everything up in an instant: in place of dynastic rule, absolutism of a different kind.
It turns the focus to the inner lives of three young women caught in the dynastic soap opera.
Historical Examples
The notion of dynastic descent was wanting to it from the beginning.
The Formation of Christendom, Volume VIThomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
He had precisely the same kind of dynastic idea, you know, that you fellows have.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
The change in China at the end of the seventeenth century was only dynastic.
Chinese PaintersRaphael Petrucci
Under Louis-Philippe he was the leader of the dynastic Left.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
These scarabs have not been found in the early Dynastic graves.
Ancient Man in BritainDonald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie
dynasty
- a sequence of hereditary rulersan Egyptian dynasty
- any sequence of powerful leaders of the same familythe Kennedy dynasty
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Word Origin
C15: via Late Latin from Greek dunasteia, from dunastēs dynast
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Word Origin and History for dynastic
dynasty
n.
mid-15c. (earlier dynastia, late 14c.), from Middle French dynastie and directly from Late Latin dynastia, from Greek dynasteia "power, lordship, sovereignty," from dynastes "ruler, chief," from dynasthai "have power."
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