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Caesardom

Caesardom noun: behaviour or atmosphere reminiscent of Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman.

Noun

Caesardom (uncountable)

  1. Behaviour or atmosphere reminiscent of Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman.
    • There will be maidens, too, appearing in society for the first time — as nymphs. Such is our Roman Caesardom!1897, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis?, page 241
    • And in spite of the offices, bribes, flatteries, and "augmentations" of money, which Cromwell began to heap upon the beneficed Nonconformist incumbents after his deposition of the anticlericalist Barebones Parliament, and his erection of his own autocratic Caesardom, the Nonconformist clergymen...1898, Thomas Hancock, The Act of Uniformity: A Measure of Liberation, page 18

Origin of Caesardom

From Caesar + -dom. Piecewise doublet of tsardom.

Questions about Caesardom

What does Caesardom mean?
Caesardom means behaviour or atmosphere reminiscent of Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman.
What part of speech is Caesardom?
Caesardom is a noun.

Words near Caesardom in the dictionary

  1. Caesar's Palace
  2. Caesar's wife
  3. Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
  4. Caesar's wives
  5. Caesaraugusta
  6. Caesardom
  7. Caesarea
  8. Caesarea Maritima
  9. Caesarea Mazaca
  10. Caesarea Philippi
  11. caesarean

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