Definitions for dynasty

dynasty dy·nas·ty

Spelling: [dahy-nuh-stee; British also din- Dynasty is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in dynasty (adnstyy).

Definitions for dynasty

noun

  1. a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group:
  2. the rule of such a sequence.
  3. a series of members of a family who are distinguished for their success, wealth, etc.

Origin of dynasty

1425-75; late Middle English Late Latin dynastīa Greek dynasteia. See dynast, -y3

Examples for dynasty

The Republic could not suffer at their hands; the Republic and the dynasty were impregnable.

The show seeks to suggest, as dynasty and Dallas did, that rich people suffer too.

Brussels and Washington may no longer be able to contain Lukashenko as he builds a Stalinist dynasty in the heart of Europe.

With each generation, the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has grown less impressive, and more pedestrian.

Was it not the bill-posters who caused the downfall of the French dynasty?

A problem far more pressing for the dynasty was the Taiping revolt, which ran from 1850 to 1864 and left tens of millions dead.

His real name was Li, and he belonged to the ruling Tang dynasty.

Papa will only have to carry himself proudly, as befits the head of a dynasty.

With one Clinton presidency done and another one possibly starting, this could be the making of a dynasty.

The Tudor dynasty had ended before the Romanoff dynasty began.

Word Value for dynasty
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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