Dy"nas*ty (dī"nas*t&ybreve; or d&ibreve;n"as*t&ybreve;; 277), n.; pl. Dynasties (-t&ibreve;z). [Gr. dynastei`a lordship, fr.
dynastey`ein to hold
power or lordship, fr. dyna`sths: cf. F. dynastie dynasty. See Dynast.]
1. Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.
Johnson.
2. A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.
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