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dy·nas·ty

(dī′nə-stē)

n. pl. dy·nas·ties

1. A succession of rulers from the same family or line.

2. A family or group that maintains power for several generations: a political dynasty controlling the state.

[Middle English dynastie, from Old French, from Late Latin dynastīa, lordship, from Greek dunasteia, from dunastēs, lord; see dynast.]

dy·nas′tic (dī-năs′tĭk) adj.

dy·nas′ti·cal·ly adv.

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dynasty

(ˈdɪnəstɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. a sequence of hereditary rulers: an Egyptian dynasty.

2. any sequence of powerful leaders of the same family: the Kennedy dynasty.

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

dynastic, dyˈnastical adj

dyˈnastically adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dy•nas•ty

(ˈdaɪ nə sti; Brit. also ˈdɪn ə sti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty.

2. the rule of such a family or group.

3. any succession of members of a powerful or influential family or group.

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

dy•nas′tic (-ˈnæs tɪk) dy•nas′ti•cal, adj.

dy•nas′ti•cal•ly, adv.

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dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

Bourbon dynasty, Bourbon - a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily

Capetian dynasty - a Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328

Carlovingian dynasty, Carolingian dynasty - a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987

Flavian dynasty - a dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian

Han, Han dynasty - imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

Hanoverian line, House of Hanover, Hanover - the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)

Habsburg, Hapsburg - a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806

Hohenzollern - a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia

House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Lancaster - the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose

Liao, Liao dynasty - the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125

Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian - a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750

Ming, Ming dynasty - the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644

Ottoman dynasty, Ottoman - the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I

Plantagenet, Plantagenet line - the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485

Ptolemaic dynasty, Ptolemy - an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra

Ch'in, Ch'in dynasty, Qin, Qin dynasty - the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall

Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty, Qing, Qing dynasty, Manchu - the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

Romanoff, Romanov - the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I

Seljuk - any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders

Shang, Shang dynasty - the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC

Stuart - the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714

Song dynasty, Sung, Sung dynasty, Song - the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

Tang dynasty, Tang - the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907

House of Tudor, Tudor - an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)

Omayyad, Ommiad, Umayyad - the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus

Valois - French royal house from 1328 to 1589

Wei, Wei dynasty - any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556

House of Windsor, Windsor - the British royal family since 1917

House of York, York - the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

Mongol dynasty, Yuan dynasty, Yuan - the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368

Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty - the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

Translations

سُلالَه حاكِمَه

dynastie

dynasti

uralkodóház

konungsætt; keisaraætt

dinastiadinastía

dinastijadinastinis

dinastija

dynastia

dynasty

[ˈdɪnəstɪ] N → dinastía f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dynasty

[ˈdɪnəsti] n → dynastie f

dynasty

n → Dynastie f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dynasty

[ˈdɪnəstɪ, ɒm ˈdaɪnəstɪ] n → dinastia

dynasty

(ˈdinəsti) , ((American) ˈdai-) – plural ˈdynasties – noun

a succession or series of rulers of the same family. the Ming dynasty.

dyˈnastic (-ˈnӕs-) adjective

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