czardom

or tsar·dom, tzar·dom

[ zahr-duhm, tsahr- ]

noun

1. the domain of a czar.
2. the power, authority, or position of a czar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of czardom¹

First recorded in 1835–45; czar + -dom

Example Sentences

Imprison them for a quarter of a century, and on the day of their release they will conspire against czardom.

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The power of Czardom was enforced ignorance, and this made possible the infamous treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

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Russia had welcomed the present war as an answer to the Revolution that was threatening Czardom.

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Truly, it was not so much the force of arms as that of ignorance which kept up the Czardom for hundreds of years.

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And so the line has been made, a symbol to all who travel on it of the irresponsible might of the Russian Czardom.

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