ruling family
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrulingandfamily
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ruling
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈruː.lɪŋ/us/ˈruː.lɪŋ/
being in control of a country, society, etc.; making the decisions about how a country, society, etc. ...
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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofrulingandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They may have been members of therulingfamilyor other nobles participating in the ceremony, ritual assistants of lower status, or perhaps captives.
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Although therulingfamilyhad time to escape with some of its belongings, the rest of the elite residents abandoned their goods and fled.
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The leadership elites of the chamber were no strangers to therulingfamily, high-level government policymaking, or lobbying with parliamentary committees responsible for debt legislation.
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Combined with their tribal exclusiveness is a purported blind obedience toward the power holders, first and foremost therulingfamily.
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Therulingfamilyenjoys only as much support as oil revenues can buy.
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Therulingfamily, however, has greater autonomy and corporate identity in this type of monarchical regime.
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In this variant of monarchical authoritarianism, therulingfamilygenerally participates only in the political institutions of the monarchy-not in the state bureaucracy (the military excepted).
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Deser tization brought rural and traditional values into the city, but it also brought urban and modern values to the tribes - including to therulingfamily.
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At the top is the ruler with his family—therulingfamily, the recipients of the oil revenues.
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The flagrant corruption and wealth of therulingfamilyelite contrasted sharply with the high levels of poverty and unemployment among ordinary people.
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Princesses are born into the player'srulingfamily, and become active as agents once they come of age at 16.
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He incarcerated all the male members of therulingfamily, leaving the ladies to fend for themselves.
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The political power consolidation of therulingfamilywas intensified during his reign.
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These two groups are generally fused but have internal subdivisions, each one having its ownrulingfamily; they perform ceremonies and other important events.
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Governmental institutions, advisory bodies and financing funds are invariably chaired by members of therulingfamilyand consultations with the local population are rare.
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