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starostwo

//staˈrɔ.stfɔ//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    dignity and authority of a starost
  2. 2.
    county administrator's office
  3. 3.
    area under the authority of a starost
  4. 4.
    starostwo (administrative unit established from the 14th century in the Polish Crown and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the partition of Poland in 1795)
  5. 5.
    datedstarost and his wife

Etymology

From starosta + -o- + -stwo. Literally, “starostship”, or more loosely translated as “eldership”.

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