Muscovy

[ muhs-kuh-vee ]

noun

1. Also called Grand Duchy of Muscovy. a principality founded c1271 and centered on the ancient city of Moscow. Its rulers gradually gained control over the neighboring Great Russian principalities and established the Russian Empire under the czars.
2. Archaic. Moscow.
3. Archaic. Russia.

Muscovy

/ ˈmʌskəvɪ /

noun

1. a Russian principality (13th to 16th centuries), of which Moscow was the capital
2. an archaic name for Russia Moscow

Example Sentences

Shaipov said Muscovy inherited its political culture not from Europe, but from the Mongol Empire of which it had long been a vassal.

From Salon

Mr Roper said a Muscovy duck had died after eating a dead fish, while a large number of black-headed gulls had disappeared after picking up dead fish floating on the water.

From BBC

In the 17th century, repeated betrayals drove Ukraine into the arms of an ersatz ally, the Prince of Muscovy, who promptly proclaimed Ukraine was a subject, not an ally.

From Seattle Times

The early rulers of Muscovy — the medieval state that would become Russia — looked to Europe for models for their court culture soon after they began consolidating power in the 15th century.

From New York Times

Ancestors of present-day Ukrainians brought Christianity, literacy, literature and philosophy to neighboring Muscovy and for many years provided it with bishops and teachers.

From Washington Post