Boyardom
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Boyars collectively. uncountable
"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 power (also a matter of life and death)."
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More examples"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 power (also a matter of life and death)."
Etymology
From boyar + -dom.
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