tsaritsa
/(t)sɑːˈɹɪtsə/
tsaritsa noun: a tsarina.
Noun
tsaritsa (plural tsaritsas or tsaritsy)
- a tsarina
- By engaging in public pilgrimages to the shrines of these saints, the tsaritsy were acting as symbolic extensions of their royal husbands through their exercise of charity and justice along the pilgrimage path.2003, Isolde Thyrêt, “Women and the Orthodox Faith in Muscovite Russia: Spiritual Experience and Practice”, in Valerie Ann Kivelson, Robert H. Greene, editors, Orthodox Russia: Belief and Practice...
- Portraying the tsaritsy as exemplars of Muscovite femininity and consorts of powerful tsars did not increase the powers granted them by custom.2012, Barbara Evans Clements, A History of Women in Russia: From Earliest Times to the Present, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 37
Forms of tsaritsa
| plural | tsaritsas |
|---|---|
| plural | tsaritsy |
| alternative form | czaritsa |
| alternative form | czaritza |
| alternative form | tzaritza |
Origin of tsaritsa
Borrowed from Russian цари́ца (caríca).
Questions about tsaritsa
- What does tsaritsa mean?
- Tsaritsa means a tsarina.
- What part of speech is tsaritsa?
- Tsaritsa is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tsaritsa?
- Tsaritsa is pronounced /(t)sɑːˈɹɪtsə/.
- What is the plural of tsaritsa?
- The plural of tsaritsa is tsaritsas.
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