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dynasty Definition

dy·nasty (nəs tē)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. a succession of rulers who are members of the same family
  2. the period during which a certain family reigns

Etymology: ME dinastie < ML dynastia < Gr dynasteia, lordship, rule < dynastēs: see dynast

dynasty Related Forms
dy·nas·tic (dī nastik) adjective or dy·nas·ti·cal dy·nas·ti·cally adverb
dynasty Synonyms

dynasty

n.

line, house, regime, sovereignty; see administration 3, family 1, government 1.

dynasty Usage Examples

Preposition: of

    Converse of object

    • found: Between them they founded a very successful literary dynasty.
    • overthrow: They began as freedom fighters, bound by blood oath to overthrow the foreign Manchu Ch'ing Dynasty and restore the throne to China.
    • establish: And this is where we return to our story of the established family dynasties.
    • know: They know every dynasty that ever ruled China was overthrown by peasant revolts and they do not wish to suffer a similar fate.
    • create: Their daughter has married and their grandchild looks set to help create a regular farming dynasty!
    • find: But it seems equally true that the successful men did not found dynasties.

    Preposition: in

    • century: The minbar attained its finest workmanship in Cairo under the second Mamluk dynasty in the fifteenth century.

    Adjective modifier

    • Ming: First created in the Ming dynasty, its simple design remains the first choice of Chinese tea tasters.
    • Ching: In 1885, the Ching dynasty made Taiwan its 22nd province.
    • Manchu: There was a sense of no going back the Manchu dynasty had fallen.
    • Hanoverian: How much did Walpole's long tenure of office contribute to the stability of the Hanoverian dynasty?
    • Merovingian: Their descendants became the Merovingian dynasty which ruled what is now France from the 5th to the 8th century.

    Noun used with modifier

    • tang: My money back the tang dynasty where darkness covers some of the.
    • bourbon: Two centuries of French political regimes Absolute monarchy under the Bourbon dynasty until the Revolution of 1789.
    • ruling: The ruling dynasty must take a great deal of the blame.
    • royal: This confirmed the fear that a new Catholic royal dynasty was about to be emerge.
    • banking: The Rothschild banking dynasty was immensely powerful in 19th century Europe.
    • song: Perhaps then Buddhism's role in the shaping of Song dynasty Chinese society will be better appreciated.
dynasty Quotes

   What perished in France in1830 was not respect for a dynasty, but respect for anything.

—Louis Philippe known as  the Citizen King

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