Word Meanings - DYNASTY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Related words: (words related to DYNASTY)

• CONTINUABLE
  Capable of being continued
• CONTINUANT
  Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n.
• CONTINUITY
  the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity
• FAMILY
  A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
• LORDSHIP
  1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence , a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge , etc. 2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and
• CONTINUOUSLY
  In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
• JOHNSONIANISM
  A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
• SUCCESSION
  1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to
• JOHNSONESE
  The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
• CONTINUATION
  1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay. 2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries
• CONTINUEDLY
  Continuously.
• DOMINION
  A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3. Milton. By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. Col. i. 16. Syn. -- Sovereignty; control; rule; authority;
• CONTINUALLY
  1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness Bentley. 2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
• SUCCESSIONIST
  A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially , one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
• CONTINUATE
  1. Immediately united together; intimately connocted. We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker. 2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. An untirable and continuate
• CONTINUATOR
  One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne.
• KINGSHIP
  The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty. Landor.
• KINGSTON VALVE
  A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.
• JOHNSON GRASS
  A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
• JOHNSONIAN
  Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
• RECONTINUANCE
  The act or state of recontinuing.
• DISCONTINUITY
  Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• MISCONTINUANCE
  Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.
• OVERLORDSHIP
  Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green.
• MOCKINGSTOCK
  A butt of sport; an object of derision.
• UNKINGSHIP
  The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy. Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down. Evelyn.
• DISCONTINUABLE
  Admitting of being discontinued.