dynasty (n.): a succession of rulers from the same line of descent; a family that establishes and maintains predominance in a particular field of endeavor for generations

The Hillary Clinton candidacy has brought about a lot of talk in the zeitgeist of “dynasty,” used in a less technical way than the definition above — Bill Clinton’s administration followed by Hillary Clinton’s administration does not constitute a dynasty, strictly speaking, so much as a rare succession from spouse to spouse, a lineage that I hereby term “matrimarchy.”

In fact…