HOSPODAR  , a See also:

• TERM

term of See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic origin, meaning " See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord " (Russ. gospodar) . It is a derivative of gospod, " lord," and is akin to gosudar, which primarily means " See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign," and is now also used in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia as a polite See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of address, See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to " See also:

• SIR

sir." The See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation as hospodar of a word written gospodar in all but one of the Slavonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages which retain the See also:

• CYRILLIC

Cyrillic See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet is not, as is sometimes alleged, due to the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Little See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian, but to that of See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church Slavonic . In both of these g is frequently pronounced h . In Little Russian the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title hospodar is specially applied to the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house or the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a See also:

• FAMILY

family . The rulers of See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia and See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia were styled hospodars from the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to 1866 . At the end of this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, as the title had been held by many vassals of See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, its retention was considered inconsistent with the growth of Rumanian See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . It was therefore discarded in favour of domn (See also:

• DOMINUS (from an Indo-European root dam-, cf. Gr. Sapav, to subdue, and Eng. " tame ")

dominus, " lord "), which continued to be the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official princely title up to the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of a Rumanian See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom in 1881 .