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dynasty|ˈdɪnəstɪ, daɪ-|
[a. F. dynastie (15–16th c.), ad. late L. dynastīa, ad. Gr. δυναστεία power, lordship, domination, f. δυναστής dynast.]
1. Lordship, sovereignty, power; régime. Now rare or Obs.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 69 They tell..of divers Dynasties or governments in this countrey of Babylon. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 196 The King bestowed a far better Dynasty or Principality upon him in Asia. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 439 The Dynasties or Polities of the Nations, the Secular Kingdomes and Powers. 1850H. Miller Footpr. Creat. xv. (1874) 295 During the present dynasty of probation and trial.
2. A succession of rulers of the same line or family; a line of kings or princes.
1460J. Capgrave Chron. 23 Than entered that lond [Egipte] they of Tebes, tyl xxxvi. dynasties had regned. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. ii. §2 (R.) The account of the dynasties..agreeth for the most part, if not altogether, with the histories of the Assyrians, Trojans, Italians, and others, etc. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. iii. 146 He digested the successive Governments of the Egyptians into 32 Dynasties. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 19 At some time or other..all the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 53 Disaffected to the ruling dynasty of Nepal.
b. transf. and fig.
1800J. Reeves On Ps. 18 (T.) The next dynasty of theologists, the schoolmen. 1857H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets vii. 234 The annals of a dynasty of noble poets. 1866Ferrier Grk. Philos. I. xii. 363 Aristotle..was fitted to found a new dynasty in philosophy. |