dynast i dan

[Mod. Lat. dynastid (æ), and Eng. suff.-an.] Entom.: A member of the coleopterous family DYNAST IDE (q. v.). dy-nas-tỹ, 8. [Gr. dynasteia =lordship; dyn astes a lord or rufer; dynamai = to be strong or able; Fr. dynastie.] *1. Government, rule, sovereignty. *2. A kingdom, a separate government. 3. A line, race, or succe ion of sovereigns of the same family who reign over a particular country; also the period during which a certain family reigns. "Some account him fabulous, because he carries up the Egyptian dynasties before the flood, yea, and long before the creation." -Hale : Origin of Mankind.