Definition of dynasty Dynasty

/dajˈnʌsti/ - [daynustee] - dyn•as•ty

We found 8 definitions of dynasty from 6 different sources.

What does dynasty mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: dynasties
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
		family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
		bourbon dynasty, bourbon whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
		capetian dynasty
		carlovingian dynasty carolingian dynasty
		flavian dynasty a dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian
		han han dynasty
		hanoverian line, house of hanover, hanover the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
		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
		hohenzollern a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia
		house of lancaster, lancastrian line, lancaster the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
		liao liao dynasty
		merovingian dynasty, merovingian a member of the Merovingian dynasty
		ming, ming dynasty the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
		ottoman dynasty, ottoman thick cushion used as a seat
		plantagenet, plantagenet line the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
		ptolemaic dynasty, ptolemy Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
		ch'in, ch'in dynasty, qin qin dynasty
		ch'ing, ch'ing dynasty, manchu dynasty, qing, qing dynasty, manchu 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
		romanoff, romanov the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917
		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
		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
		shang, shang dynasty the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC
		stuart the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
		song dynasty, sung, sung dynasty, song the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
		tang dynasty, tang any of various coarse seaweeds
		house of tudor, tudor an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)
		omayyad, ommiad, umayyad the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
		valois French royal house from 1328 to 1589
		wei wei dynasty
		house of windsor, windsor the British royal family since 1917
		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
		mongol dynasty, yuan dynasty, yuan the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368

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Wiktionary

dynasty (Noun)
A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

dynasty (n.)
Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.
dynasty (n.)
A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

dynasty
A familiar descendance, for example, a Royal House.

Wikipedia

Dynasty means rulers who belong to the same family for generations. The term is also used to describe the era during which that family ruled.

from England: The House of Tudor (1485-1603) and the House of Stuart (1603-1714).

from China: The Shang Dynasty (1766 BCE–1046 BCE), the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).
album
Dynasty is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on May 23, 1979.