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DYNASTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dynasty mean? 

DYNASTY (noun)
  The noun DYNASTY has 1 sense:

1. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same familyplay

  Familiarity information: DYNASTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DYNASTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("dynasty" is a kind of...):

family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dynasty"):

Ch'ing; Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu; Manchu dynasty; Qing; Qing dynasty (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)

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)

Mongol dynasty; Yuan; Yuan dynasty (the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368)

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)

House of Windsor; Windsor (the British royal family since 1917)

Wei; Wei dynasty (any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556)

Valois (French royal house from 1328 to 1589)

Omayyad; Ommiad; Umayyad (the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus)

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

Tang; Tang dynasty (the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907)

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

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

Shang; Shang dynasty (the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC)

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)

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)

Romanoff; Romanov (the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917)

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

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)

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)

Plantagenet; Plantagenet line (the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485)

Ottoman; Ottoman dynasty (the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I)

Ming; Ming dynasty (the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644)

Merovingian; Merovingian dynasty (a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750)

Liao; Liao dynasty (the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125)

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

Hohenzollern (a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia)

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)

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

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)

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

Carlovingian dynasty; Carolingian dynasty (a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987)

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

Derivation:

dynastic (of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty)


 Context examples 


During the 9th century however, there was a major political collapse in the central Maya region: their famous limestone cities were abandoned and dynasties ended.

(Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse, University of Cambridge)

“Gad, sir! Gad, sir!” stuttered a member of the latest dynasty, a king of the Skookum Benches.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"It's truly an exceptional day. … The 18th dynasty private tombs were already known. But it's the first time to enter inside the two tombs," Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)

Egypt announced the discovery of a pharaonic tomb in the southern city of Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the reign of the 18th dynasty.

(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

According to the researchers, sacrifice and mummification of sacred ibises was common in Egypt from about 664 b.c.e. to 250 c.e., from the twenty-sixth dynasty into the early period of Roman Egypt.

(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)

He waved his hand for silence, and went on:—Can you tell me why the tortoise lives more long than generations of men; why the elephant goes on and on till he have seen dynasties; and why the parrot never die only of bite of cat or dog or other complaint?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The tombs are the latest discovery in Luxor, which is known for its temples and tombs from different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)

He said a shaft in the tomb contained mummies belonging to ancient Egyptian people who lived during the 21st and 22nd dynasties.

(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The wall inscriptions and paintings are believed to belong to an era between the reigns of King Amenhotep II and King Thutmose IV, both pharaohs of the 18th dynasty.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)

Al-Anani said a cartouche carved on the ceiling bears the name of King Thutmose I of the early 18th dynasty.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)



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