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boyardom

boyardom noun: boyars collectively.

Noun

boyardom (uncountable)

  1. Boyars collectively.
    • The interests of the Russian aristocracy — the boyardom — which by definition defended the social limitations on power (since these were a matter of life and death for it), did not contradict the interests of the peasant proto-bourgeoisie, which by definition defended the economic limitations on...1981, Alexander Yanov, The Origins of Autocracy: Ivan the Terrible in Russian History, page 152
    Synonyms:
    boyarstvo

Synonyms of boyardom

Origin of boyardom

From boyar + -dom.

Questions about boyardom

What does boyardom mean?
Boyardom means boyars collectively.
What part of speech is boyardom?
Boyardom is a noun.

Words near boyardom in the dictionary

  1. boyanore
  2. boyanores
  3. boyar
  4. boyard
  5. Boyardee
  6. boyardom
  7. boyards
  8. boyaress
  9. boyaresses
  10. Boyarka
  11. boyars

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