n.
Pronunciation: ' dü-m ə , -( ˌ )mä
Function: noun
Etymology: Russian, from Old Russian, council, thought, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English d ō m judgment ― more at DOOM
Date: 1870
: a representative council in Russia especially often capitalized : the principal legislative assembly in Russia from 1906 to 1917 and since 1993