Dynasty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A succession of rulers from the same family or line.
  • n. A family or group that maintains power for several generations: a political dynasty controlling the state.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.
  • n. A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A government; a sovereignty.
  • n. A race or succession of sovereigns of the same line or family governing a particular country: as, the successive dynasties of Egypt or of France.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    family line    folk    family    phratry    sept    kinfolk    kinsfolk   
    Hyponym
    Han    zhou dynasty    Romanov    ming dynasty    ch'ing dynasty    yuan dynasty    Manchu    qing dynasty    Seljuk    tang   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sovereignty    lordship    dominion   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    monarchy    empire    ruler    monarch    conqueror    dominion    chieftain    civilization    aristocracy    conquest