English > dynasty: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family. |
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| Narrower | Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty | A European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily |
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| Capetian dynasty | A Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328 |
| Carolingian dynasty, Carlovingian dynasty | A Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987 |
| Flavian dynasty | A dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian |
| 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 |
| Han, Han dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy |
| Hanover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line | The English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria) |
| Hohenzollern | A German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia |
| Lancaster, House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line | The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461 |
| Liao, Liao dynasty | The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125 |
| Merovingian, Merovingian dynasty | A Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750 |
| Ming, Ming dynasty | The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 |
| Ottoman, Ottoman dynasty | The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I |
| Plantagenet, Plantagenet line | The family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485 |
| Ptolemy, Ptolemaic dynasty | An ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC |
| Qin, Qin dynasty, Ch'in, Ch'in dynasty | The Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall |
| Qing, Qing dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu dynasty | The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries |
| Romanov, Romanoff | 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 |
| Seljuk | Any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries |
| 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 |
| Sung, Sung dynasty, Song, Song dynasty | The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279 |
| Tang, Tang dynasty | The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 |
| Tudor, House of Tudor | An English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor |
| Umayyad, Ommiad, Omayyad | The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus |
| Valois | French royal house from 1328 to 1589 |
| Wei, Wei dynasty | Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556 |
| Windsor, House of Windsor | The British royal family since 1917 |
| York, House of York | The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485 |
| Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty | The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 |
| Zhou, Zhou dynasty, Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty | The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC |
| Broader | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry | People descended from a common ancestor |
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| Spanish | dinastía, familia, linaje |
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| Catalan | dinastia |
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| Adjectives | dynastic | of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty |
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