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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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