dynasty
nounUK /ˈdɪnəsti/ · US /ˈdaɪnəsti/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).
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A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
- Habsburg dynasty; Ottoman dynasty
- A dynasty is nothing but the successful orchestration of treachery.2023, Stewart Stafford, A Wager After Midnight
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- Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it. The future is in our hands. My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
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A family considered over time, with its ancestors and descendants
- To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the good families and in the fiery dynasties, life is family and family is life. It is the same people who give advice and their vices to live well who turn out to be the ones who give resource and reason to live long.2016, Criss Jami, Healology
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The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.
East Asian history
- During the Ming dynasty, China was ruled by the Zhu family.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.
- Derived terms
- dynastic, dynastical, dynastically, Han dynasty, Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty, Satavahana dynasty, Song dynasty, subdynasty, Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty, Yuan dynasty