czar

• He aspires to become, not merely the temporal head of the Lutheran Church throughout the world, but likewise its spiritual chief, its pontiff, in fact, in the same manner that the czar is the chief ecclesiastical dignitary and the duly consecrated spiritual head of the national Church of Russia. —  The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe
• The word czar comes from the Russian tsar which in turn was derived from the Latin Caesar. —  South Dakota Politics
• And along with no tradition of democracy was a tradition they did have of the strong man, the strong leader, (SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN), in Russian -- czar, commissar, whatever. —  CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Russians Go to Polls to Vote for New President; Pope Departs Holy Land, Message of Peace and Reconciliation Remains - March 26, 2000
• The emperor of Russia is known as the czar, the name being identical with the Roman cćsar and the German kaiser. —  Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society
• Longing for a czar is a symptom of dissatisfaction with how the government works. " —  Federal Times - News

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