- Russian czar
- n. names for the kings of Russia before the revolution
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Russian czar
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czar|e|vitch — «ZAHR uh vihch», noun. 1. the eldest son of a Russian czar; cesarevitch. 2. a son of a Russian czar. Also, tsarevitch, tzarevitch. ╂[< Russian carevich < car ; see etym. under czar (Cf. ↑czar)] … Useful english dictionary
Czar (1912) — Czar p1 Schiffsdaten … Deutsch Wikipedia
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czar — 1550s, from Rus. tsar, from Old Slavic tsesari, from Gothic kaisar, from Gk. kaisar, from L. CAESAR (Cf. Caesar). First adopted by Russian emperor Ivan IV, 1547. The spelling with cz is against the usage of all Slavonic languages; the word was so … Etymology dictionary
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Russian Synodal Bible — ( ru. Синодальный перевод, The Synodal Translation) is a Russian non Church Slavonic translation of the Bible commonly used by the Russian Orthodox Church [ [http://www.krotov.info/library/bible/comm3/perevody.html Krotov.info] ] , Russian… … Wikipedia
czar — [za: US za:r] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Russian; Origin: tsar , from Gothic kaisar emperor , from Greek, from Latin Caesar, from Julius Caesar; CESAREAN] 1.) another spelling of ↑tsar 2.) banking/drug/health etc czar … Dictionary of contemporary English
Russian Church — Rus sian Church, Russian Orthodox Church Rus sian Or tho*dox Church The established church of the Russian empire up to the revolution of 1917, at which time the ruling Communist party tried to suppress all religious worship. The czar was the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Russian Orthodox Church — Russian Church Rus sian Church, Russian Orthodox Church Rus sian Or tho*dox Church The established church of the Russian empire up to the revolution of 1917, at which time the ruling Communist party tried to suppress all religious worship. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Russian Revolution — n. 1. the revolution of 1917 in which the government of the czar was overthrown: it consisted of two distinct revolutions, the first ( February Revolution) being the uprising of March (February, Old Style), in which a parliamentarian government… … English World dictionary
