dynasty
noun
[ ˈdɪnəsti ]
• a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
• "the Tang dynasty"
Similar:
bloodline,
line,
ancestral line,
lineage,
house,
family,
ancestry,
descent,
extraction,
succession,
genealogy,
family tree,
regime,
rule,
reign,
dominion,
empire,
sovereignty,
ascendancy,
government,
authority,
administration,
jurisdiction,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French dynastie, or via late Latin from Greek dunasteia ‘lordship, power’, from dunastēs (see dynast).
