单词 | knez |
释义 | knezn. A former title among Slavonic nations = ‘prince’; sometimes implying sovereignty, as in Montenegro and formerly in the various Danubian Principalities; sometimes merely rank, as in Russia: often rendered in western languages by ‘duke’: cf. the title velikiĕ knjazь ‘great prince’, usually englished ‘grand duke’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other European knez1586 mpret1914 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for a king or ruler > for foreign king or ruler > Slavonic title implying sovereignty knez1586 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 632 The great Knes, or Duke of Moscouia. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xi. 152 Mosco, the court of the great Knez. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ To Rdr. sig. A3 The Knez of them may know, what Prester John Doth with his Camells in the torrid Zone. 1698 tr. A. Brand Jrnl. Embassy from Muscovy 41 These three Women..were the Wives of so many Knezes or Dukes of the Ostiacky. 1710 C. Whitworth Acct. Russia (1758) 31 They are divided into three ranks, the Nobility, called Kneas; the Gentry..and the Peasants. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 45 After consultation with the Kneses, the tax was imposed proportionably on the respective districts. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 409 It was of advantage to the enemies of the Knias, that neither Russia nor the Porte was satisfied with his political administration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1586 |
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