A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
Used in a Sentence
dynasty
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dynasty.
Editorial note
The 17th-century German priest Adam Schall got as far as becoming the chief astronomer of the Qing dynasty.
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dynasty gathered in one view.
A family considered over time, with its ancestors and descendants
(East Asian history) The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dynasty.
noun
A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
noun
A family considered over time, with its ancestors and descendants
noun
(East Asian history) The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.
noun
(sports) A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.
Example sentences
The 17th-century German priest Adam Schall got as far as becoming the chief astronomer of the Qing dynasty.
Well, this particular dynasty:) In any case, it's part of a feedback loop with increasing unemployment and increasing crime.
I hope Ellen Degeneres & Duck Dynasty sleep tight with their images being used to brand these things.
Alberta just dumped a 44-year dynasty, and this is the Conservatives' home ground.
I hope, perhaps naively, that maybe AAP have a chance to root out that particular dynasty.
The state of Punjab once a pioneer in green revolution and the richest in India is now being looted by dynasty politics and corruption.
Katamari-damacy for PS, Dynasty Warriors for PS2, and Quake comes to mind.
I don't know what a 'gubmint' is, but I have been speaking against the bush/obama dynasty since probably before you knew conjugation.
The Jong-un dynasty has sent tens of millions of people to starvation, labor, and death camps, including children, mostly for political reasons.
Dynasties in China rarely last more than 300 years before the corruption and the reach of the state expands too much and collapse the dynasty with it.
The situation is getting a bit like the late Qing dynasty, the late Ming dynasty, the late Ming dynasty, the late Song dynasty and before that, the late Tang dynasty, the late Jin dynasty, and the late Han dynasty before them.
And if the Ottoman Empire is considered as the Ottoman dynasty of an ongoing Byzantine Empire, then the Byzantine Empire kept going until shortly after World War I.
Quote examples
Also, I'm not sure where it's getting "king" and "dynasty" as keywords.
There's a nice example in this week's TAL episode, regarding Kaiser Kuo, the American-born son of Chinese immigrants who "brought rock and roll to China" (by being one of the founders of Tang Dynasty).
If you want some insights into the engineering dynasty that was the Stevenson family then "The Lighthouse Stevensons" by Bella Bathurst is a good read.
Proper noun examples
In other words, the neoreactionaries want the West to be a lot like the Ming Dynasty, but for white people.
It comes up every time someone gets dropped by sponsors or their TV network for saying something outrageous (Duck Dynasty, Donald Trump, etc.).
For the kids: though technically the RTS genre existed earlier in one or two games, it was essentially nearly singlehandedly popularized by Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dynasty in a sentence?
The 17th-century German priest Adam Schall got as far as becoming the chief astronomer of the Qing dynasty.
What does dynasty mean?
A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
What part of speech is dynasty?
dynasty is commonly used as noun.