dynasty

[ dahy-nuh-stee; British also din-uh-stee ]

/ ˈdaɪ nə sti; British also ˈdɪn ə sti /

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noun, plural dy·nas·ties.

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

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin dynastīa < Greek dynasteia. See dynast, -y³

OTHER WORDS FROM dynasty

dy·nas·tic

[dahy-nas-tik; British also dih-nas-tik] /daɪˈnæs tɪk; British also dɪˈnæs tɪk/, dy·nas·ti·cal, adjectivedy·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·dy·nas·tic, adjectivean·ti·dy·nas·ti·cal, adjective

an·ti·dy·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·dy·nas·ty, adjectivenon·dy·nas·tic, adjectivenon·dy·nas·ti·cal, adjectivenon·dy·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby dynasty

dynamometer car, dynamometry, dynamotor, dynast, dynastid, dynasty, dynatron, dynatron oscillator, dyne, dynein, dynel

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A problem far more pressing for the dynasty was the Taiping revolt, which ran from 1850 to 1864 and left tens of millions dead.
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With each generation, the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has grown less impressive, and more pedestrian.
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With one Clinton presidency done and another one possibly starting, this could be the making of a dynasty.
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Brussels and Washington may no longer be able to contain Lukashenko as he builds a Stalinist dynasty in the heart of Europe.
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He was killed by his enemies, and that was the end of the dynasty of Gideon.
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This was one of time's tragedies—the dethronement of a dynasty.
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The last days of the dynasty that had meditated the conquest of the continent to slave-holding government were evidently at hand.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I., No. IV., April, 1862|Various
The nineteenth dynasty ended even more disastrously than the eighteenth.
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In some vain hope of consolidating his dynasty, Witigis divorced his wife and married this young princess.
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British Dictionary definitions for dynasty

dynasty

/ (ˈdɪnəstɪ) /

noun plural -ties

a sequence of hereditary rulersan Egyptian dynasty

any sequence of powerful leaders of the same familythe Kennedy dynasty

Derived forms of dynasty

dynastic (dɪˈnæstɪk) or dynastical, adjectivedynastically, adverb

Word Origin for dynasty

C15: via Late Latin from Greek dunasteia, from dunastēs dynast

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dynasty

noun, plural dy·nas·ties.

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noun plural -ties

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