Synonyms for dynasty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dahy-nuh-stee; British also din-uh-stee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ nə sti; British also ˈdɪn ə sti

Définition of dynasty

Origin : mid-15c. (earlier dynastia, late 14c.), from Middle French dynastie and directly from Late Latin dynastia, from Greek dynasteia "power, lordship, sovereignty," from dynastes "ruler, chief," from dynasthai "have power."

noun area of rule

Example sentences :

The Tudor dynasty had ended before the Romanoff dynasty began.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

His real name was Li, and he belonged to the ruling Tang dynasty.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

The Republic could not suffer at their hands; the Republic and the dynasty were impregnable.
Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth

Papa will only have to carry himself proudly, as befits the head of a dynasty.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Was it not the bill-posters who caused the downfall of the French dynasty?
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

To the moderns the Conquest is now little more than a change of dynasty.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

To-morrow will be too late if you wish to save your throne and dynasty.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

Such was the beginning of the dynasty of the Bourbon in Spain.
Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele

But the restoration of the Vyner dynasty was a thing he had never dreamed of.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

Since 1299 a French-speaking dynasty, that of Hainault, had ruled Holland.
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

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