Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dynasties"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dynasty \Dy"nas*ty\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Dynasties}. [Gr. ?
lordship, fr. ? to hold power or lordship, fr. ?: 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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