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dynastic

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dy·nas·ty  (dn-st)
n. pl. dy·nas·ties
1. A succession of rulers from the same family or line.
2. A family or group that maintains power for several generations: a political dynasty controlling the state.
[Middle English dynastie, from Old French, from Late Latin dynasta, lordship, from Greek dunasteia, from dunasts, lord; see dynast.]
dy·nastic (d-nstk) adj.
dy·nasti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dynastic - of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty
Translations
dynastic [daɪˈnæstɪk] ADJ → dinástico
dynastic [daɪˈnæstɪk] adj [rule] → dynastique
dynastic
adj → dynastisch
dynastic [daɪˈnæstɪk] adj → dinastico/a
dynastic [daɪˈnæstɪk] adj → dinastico/a


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A fourth method is for every person to deliberate upon every subject in public assembly, where the magistrates can determine nothing of themselves, and have only the privilege of giving their opinions first; and this is the method of the most pure democracy, which is analogous to the proceedings in a dynastic oligarchy and a tyrannic monarchy.
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