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noun
1.
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
2.
(initial capital letter) an elective legislative assembly, established in 1905 by Nicholas II, constituting the lower house of parliament.
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duma
Rus. national assembly, 1870 (in reference to city councils; the national one was set up in 1905), lit. "thought," from a Gmc. source (cf. Goth. doms "judgment," Eng. doom, deem).
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