Parliament parliament of the feudal Estates type, in the 16th and 17th centuries. The term roughly means assembly of the land. It could be summoned either by tsar, or patriarch, or the Boyar Duma. Three categories of population, comparable to the Estates-General of France but with the numbering of the first two Estates reversed, participated in the assembly: Nobility and high bureaucracy, including the Boyar Duma The Holy Sobor of high Orthodox clergy Representatives of merchants and townspeople (third estate) The name of the parliament of nowadays Russian Federation is the Federal Assembly of Russia. The term for its lower house,
Duma (DC Comics) Duma, being the angel of silence and thus unable to voice his opinion on the matter, simply takes the key and puts it around his neck. It is thus that Remiel and Duma become the guardians of the Sandman mythos' Hell ironically creating a "happy ending" in Hell. Duma later appears in "", Remiel desperately tries to convince Lucifer to return to Hell, which he laughs at. Lucifer mentions that he respects Duma, and Remiel derisively states that Duma can talk to Lucifer if he wants to. Later in "" in a rare demonstration of emotion Duma weeps at the