Definition of Ming dynasty

1. Noun. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.

Exact synonyms: Ming
Generic synonyms: Dynasty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ming Dynasty

Min dialect
Minamata Bay
Minamata disease
Minangkabau
Minas Gerais
Minato Ohashi Bridge
Minch
Mindanao
Minden
Mindoro
Mindy
Mineralnye Vody
Minerva
Minerva jacket
Ming dynasty (current term)
Mingo
Mingrelian
Mingrelians
Mini
MiniDisc
MiniDiscs
Mini Cooper
Mini Cube
Mini Cubes
Miniature Pinscher
Minica Huitoto
Minimoog
Minimoogs
Minipress

Literary usage of Ming dynasty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"The difficulties that surrounded the Ming dynasty were increasing: troubles in Cochin-Chin a, further wars wit'h the Tartars, and raids by the Japanese, ..."

2. China: Her History, Diplomacy and Commerce from the Earliest Times to the by Edward Harper Parker (1901)
"... PAUL ZI (COSTUME OF Ming dynasty) From an old picture published by the Chinese Jesuit Pere Hoang TRANSLATION OF WORDS IN CORNER The tire Zi (canonised ..."

3. The Chinese System of Public Education by Ping-wên Kuo (1915)
"Development of Education under the Ming dynasty. (AD 1368-1644) As a whole the emperors of the Ming dynasty were liberal patrons of literature and education ..."

4. The Economic History of China: With Special Reference to Agriculture by Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1921)
"Ming dynasty in general. REFERENCE: Ming Government Records. A«ZAS OF CULTIVATED FIELDS Tai Tso Show Chung Total ..."

5. Commercial Handbook of China by Julean Arnold (1920)
"Ming dynasty. From 1308 to 1644, China enjoyed again the rule of its own Emperors, under the Ming dynasty, when public schools, libraries, art, ..."

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