boyardom

English

Etymology

From boyar +‎ -dom.

Noun

boyardom (uncountable)

1. Boyars collectively.
   • 1981, Alexander Yanov, The Origins of Autocracy: Ivan the Terrible in Russian History, page 152:

     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).

Synonyms

• boyarstvo