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mestnichestvo

mestnichestvo noun: a feudal hierarchical system in Russia from the 15th to 17th centuries.

Noun

mestnichestvo (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A feudal hierarchical system in Russia from the 15th to 17th centuries.
    • There was also a system of mestnichestvo (the distribution of postings depending on the type of nobility), and then Emperor Peter the Great developed the “Table of Ranks”, which determined the seniority of civil and military officials in relation to each other.2014, N.N., Sputnik & Pogrom, A brief guide to the Russian psyche

Origin of mestnichestvo

From Russian ме́стничество (méstničestvo).

Questions about mestnichestvo

What does mestnichestvo mean?
Mestnichestvo means a feudal hierarchical system in Russia from the 15th to 17th centuries.
What part of speech is mestnichestvo?
Mestnichestvo is a noun.

Words near mestnichestvo in the dictionary

  1. mestizoes
  2. mestizos
  3. Mestizos de Español
  4. mestizos de sangley
  5. Mestizx
  6. mestnichestvo
  7. mesto
  8. mestom
  9. mestome
  10. mestranol
  11. Mestre

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