a dynasty rules
Frequency: 8.116.5 per million words
a family exercises ultimate power or authority over an area and its people
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Examples (10)
- The Tudor dynasty ruled England for over a century.
- In this fantasy novel, a powerful dragon dynasty rules the northern kingdoms.
- By the time the rebellion started, the old dynasty had ruled for three hundred years.
- The Qing dynasty had ruled China for centuries before its fall.
- The Merovingian dynasty ruled justly over the Franks for a long period.
- For how long did the Ptolemaic dynasty rule Egypt?
- The empire, which the formidable Valois dynasty ruled, experienced a golden age of art.
- The land was peaceful while the wise dynasty ruled.
- If a new dynasty rules, it will face many of the same challenges as the last.
- Ancient texts describe how the first dynasty ruled with an iron fist.