Peter III

noun

1. 1728–62, czar of Russia 1762 (husband of Catherine II; father of Paul I).

Peter III

noun

1. Peter III17281762MRussianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1728–62, grandson of Peter I and tsar of Russia (1762): deposed in a coup d'état led by his wife (later Catherine II); assassinated

Example Sentences

Peter III was thirty-four years old when he succeeded to the throne.

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The Authorized Version unfortunately obscures this close connexion between the wording of 2 Peter iii.

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Still less can we be certain that, if written warnings are included or specially meant, the reference is to 2 Peter iii.

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Such was the Egyptian purgatory, and its denizens constituted "the spirits in prison" referred to in I. Peter iii.

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