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dynasty, a family or line of rulers, a succession of sovereigns of a country belonging to a single family or tracing their descent to a common ancestor (Greek dynadeia, "sovereignty").
The term is particularly used in the history of ancient Egypt as a convenient means of arranging the chronology.
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