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dynasty 
  n pl , -ties 
1 a sequence of hereditary rulers 
an Egyptian dynasty  
2 any sequence of powerful leaders of the same family 
the Kennedy dynasty  
  (C15: via Late Latin from Greek dunasteia, from dunastes dynast) 
♦  dynastic 
♦  dynastical    adj 
♦  dynastically  adv 

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